https://youtu.be/VrgpRRl6eFQ Hades continues to develop in a great direction with the last update of 2019, Welcome to Hell. With only five days away from the next big patch, I thought I'd take a look at the State of the Game of my favourite Early Access title as it is right before the Demeter update! The... Continue Reading →
Darkest Dungeon In-Depth: The Crimson Curse DLC Isn’t Too Great
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bp1sYfKQoXo A hundred and forty hours spent playing the Darkest Dungeon, and at least half of them spent in putting out the horrors caused by the inhabitants of the Crimson Curse DLC. Great boss design, fantastic new class - the Flagellant -- and beautiful character/environment art do not make up for the infuriating amount of... Continue Reading →
Saturday Night Gaming: Talking about Narrative in a Life is Strange, Before the Storm Review
Oh, look! I'm going to talk about talking about games! Bit redundant, if you ask me, but I ain't the one who decides what goes up on the blog, am I? What do you mean I am? I-I am? Welp. There goes that excuse. Anyway, I'm hard at work at a video review for Before... Continue Reading →
Total War WARHAMMER 2: 60 Turns of High Elven Intrigue!
One thing has become painfully clear in the 8 hours I spent fooling around in Total Warhammer 2 -- High Elves...are wankers. The world around them is going through a cataclysm; the Great Vortex, a nexus of arcane magic created to siphon off Chaos energies, is assaulted on all sides; Dark Elves, or Druchii, are... Continue Reading →
Saturday Night Gaming: Dishonored 2
Before you decide how to play Dishonored 2, you have a choice to make: The carrot, or the stick? Will you choose to play as a deadly assassin, unnoticed and quick with his blade, or a merciful ghost that always moves in the shadows, unseen by any? Perhaps you'd like, rather, to strut into a room, take... Continue Reading →
Saturday Night Gaming: Life is Strange Before the Storm – Episode 01: Anger, Pain and
Minor Spoilers ahead! The original Life is Strange was my favorite game for 2015, a year that was decisively NOT lacking in strong titles. Novice time-traveler Max and her best friend Chloe's story touched me in a way few games had before and few games have since. It was a narrative rich with humor, feelings, personal... Continue Reading →
Saturday Night Gaming: Total War: Warhammer– Twenty hours of Dwarfing around
"Here's to dwarves that go swimming with little hairy women!!!" -Gimli This quote has informed my entire way of thinking when it comes to dwarves. Its merits are obvious, and its conclusions--grand. The dwarves in Creative Assembly's Warhammer game don't go heavy enough on the "swimming with lady-dwarfs" bit, but they do quite nicely in other... Continue Reading →
Saturday Night Gaming: Gigantic
There's a particular masochism when it comes to playing hero brawlers (or MOBAs, or Dota-style games, if you prefer). They're a time sink and a colossal addiction for anyone who enjoys multiplayer games. Nothing as sweet as dominating the enemy alongside your friends, that's for certain. Gigantic is a magnificent game with some interesting background--the developers ran... Continue Reading →
Saturday Night Gaming: My One-Year Anniversary as a D&D Dungeon Master!
I first took the seat as a Dungeon Master a year ago in August. Since that time, I have killed a player character, gone soft on several occasions and not murdered several others, and realized the most important lesson anyone wearing the DM hat could ever learn -- convoluted plans are worth squat when your... Continue Reading →
The Grimoire Reliquary 