The Early Access of Baldur's Gate 3 is beyond fun, but like all early builds of big games, it has plenty of bugs, big and small. After the latest patch, I thought I went through my footage and found the most egregiously fun of them. For your viewing pleasure, here are my five favourite bugs... Continue Reading →
I am Very Excited about the Final Cut of Disco Elysium (Outsider’s Outlook)
It's strange to find out that the most excited announcement that came out of the 2020 Game Advertisements Awards is that of Disco Elysium's massive, free update. The Final Cut promises plenty and knowing ZA/UM, the studio behind this modern classic, I have little doubt that it will deliver. What's more, that this is a... Continue Reading →
Why Won’t Ubisoft Fire Its Latest Sexual Harrasser? (Outsider’s Outlook)
Last week, Kotaku shared an internal Ubisoft email that Hugues Ricour, the Managing Director of Ubisoft's Singapore studio Skull and Bones, has been removed from his position. “Effective immediately, Hugues Ricour is no longer Managing Director of Ubisoft Singapore,” reads the email from Ubisoft chief studios operating officer, Virginie Haas, who took over that position... Continue Reading →
Griftlands Early Access — Is It Worth It?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GmeaQEjD6f8&feature=youtu.be Early Access is so often little more than a grift, a calculated money grab intent on screwing the players over little more than a promising idea – but that has not been the case with Klei Entertainment’s previous games, and it certainly isn’t with the developer’s latest. Griftlands is an excellent roguelike deck builder... Continue Reading →
Darkest Dungeon: The Butcher’s Circus – A Free Mode Nobody Wanted
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OdPKs3XdKC0 The Butcher’s Circus offers one thing I never thought to see in the Darkest Dungeon – a PvP mode! I could hardly believe it when I first saw the announcement. But curiosity won out in the end, and here I am, sharing with you my impressions – short as they are. The narrator makes... Continue Reading →
DOOM Eternal Review: Nearly a Masterpiece
Here it is, my latest gaming review/essay on Doom Eternal's design! Take a look, I'm happy how it turned out. https://youtu.be/x9IsajWJRwU DOOM Eternal is the most intense first-person shooter I have ever played and would've been a masterpiece, if not for a few strange, bizarre, and downright bad design decisions which take away from the... Continue Reading →
The Outer Worlds Review – Great Dialogue, Good Characters…Okay-ish Gameplay?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SAAouRT4V80 The Outer Worlds was one of the games I was most excited about in 2019 - so why did it take me this long to finish it? It's got a lot going for it - the great dialogue, the memorable characters who don't get nearly enough screen-time, and the...okay...gameplay? No, that doesn't sound right... Continue Reading →
Afterparty Review – Crude Fun, Surprisingly Deep
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e_Lfllgq2FM Afterparty, the latest game by Oxenfree developers Night School Studio, swaps suspense for crude, crude humour, while holding onto the good old-fashioned interpersonal drama that might be familiar to you from their previous title! Does it work? You'd be surprised. Several factors help Afterparty along, foremost among which is the fact that Milo and... Continue Reading →
Batman: Arkham Knight: BATMAN — THE BAD GUY ALL ALONG?!
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
Darkest Dungeon In-Depth: Introduction and Overview — Everything is Resource Management
Hullo, everyone, and welcome back to the recurring topic of this blog nowadays, which is indeed nothing less than the much-loved aphorism, #EverythingIsContent. This one is in video form! But if you've got preference for reading, after the embedded link, I'll also drop my script -- which is most of the vid but not all... Continue Reading →