The one Ubisoft game I still feel a morsel of excitement over is the generically named Immortals: Fenyx Rising, formerly labeled Gods & Monsters; titles, in either case, which leave much to desire. The game promises an irreverent take on Greek mythology, which borrows a little from The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild... Continue Reading →
Xbox's CFO Tim Stuart gave a talk at the Jefferies Interactive Entertainment Virtual Conference on November 12, where some of his remarks sketch out the issues Xbox faces in shipping their newest consoles, the Microsoft entertainment division's future plans for the Xbox Game Pass, and how Bethesda's acquisition will prioritize Xbox's platforms before all others. Stuart... Continue Reading →
It's been a good while since I've written anything about video games, hasn't it? Here they are, then, my thoughts on the first episode of the 12-15 hour-long first paid DLC for Assassin's Creed: Odyssey! Some Spoilers for Hunted from this point onwards. Makedonia, one of the fourty or so regions in Assassin’s Creed: Odyssey,... Continue Reading →
Gotham's Caped Crusader has been many things -- saviour, hero, crusader for justice, merciless vigilante...AND THE CANCER EATING AWAY AT GOTHAM?! Find out in my beautiful piece of investigative journalism, now in video form! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kz6X1lpYUMI
What happens when you put EA in charge of a first-rate storyteller the likes of Bioware?! A recipe for...a surprisingly fun if riddled with tech issues game. Can't wait to find out how the microtransactions screw this one!
First / Previous / Next Cobbleston, home to beautiful women, sturdy young men, and quite possibly the realm's mightiest retired knight. Cobbleston, Cyrus and Tressa soon enough find out, is home to Olberic, the warrior. What a badass, this guy.Olberic's tale begins with a flashback, as is sometimes the case with badasses. This one takes... Continue Reading →
Well, well, well! Another year, another set of E3 press conferences with all those entail - cringe-worthy moments, EA sports segments making you seriously reconsider a membership amongst the living on this wonderful blue orb of ours and, occasionally, games which look just promising enough they might be worth putting a mortgage on my house.... Continue Reading →
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 →
I made a little here review of 2014's Wolfenstein: The New Order. You can click here to go straight to YouTube, or check it out below. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vsicebn1a74&t=28s I had a lot of fun writing the script, editing the footage and audio; I even used Adobe After Effects for the first time, to make the fun... Continue Reading →
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 →
