Category Archives: videogames

“My 9 Games” and what they say

Stumbled across an interesting site today, “My 9 Games”, which is a site where you go and choose the 9 most influential video games in your life.  I’d seen the output from it on X a bunch of times but … Continue reading

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This feels wrong.

This is, I think, my fourth time playing through the original Halo campaign – though in a variety of ways over the years.  There was a run-through of the original back in 2007, then I used the “Anniversary” remake as … Continue reading

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We have God of War at home?

I used to spend a regrettable amount of money on import gaming stores, all the way back to the Bad Old Days when I would justify dropping a hundred US dollars on an import copy of Toshinden for the Playstation … Continue reading

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My Little Soulslike Can’t Be This Cute

After finishing Black Flag Resynced and Battlefield 6, then bouncing pretty hard off a couple of games that didn’t hook me, I needed something light and fluffy and that didn’t take up a lot of time. I spent some time … Continue reading

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More like “Battlefield: Six Hours,” amirite?

I really shouldn’t make fun of the length of the Battlefield 6 campaign, because knowing that it had a short campaign was one of the motivating factors in checking it out from the local public library.  I also don’t think … Continue reading

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Bigger. Blacker. More Creeds.

After about 60 hours by the in-game clock, or nearly 70 by the PS5 dashboard, I think I can safely say I got my money’s worth from Assassin’s Creed: Black Flag: Resynced. That doesn’t look right.  I think I should … Continue reading

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2026: Year of the remake?

I’ve been doing much better about playing the games I buy more or less when I buy them, and Assassin’s Creed: Black Flag: Resynced is the latest example of this, in that I preordered it, had the disc delivered on … Continue reading

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Do not question my commitment to Sparkle Motion.

OK, back to wholesome fare.  Fighting evil with the power of Sparkle. No, really. I’ve kind of gotten into the habit of picking up first party Nintendo releases whenever I go to Japan.  While I’m not a superfan of all … Continue reading

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I’m still a degenerate, god damn it

Occasionally, I like to read through recent posts to remind myself of what I’ve been up to.  The answer is usually “wasting my life away playing video games” but realistically I’m well into middle age and starting to think it … Continue reading

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Trophy chasing and Ubisoft generosity

Following up my play through of the original Assassin’s Creed game a few weeks back by downloading the free expansion for Assassin’s Creed Mirage made perfect sense.  Basim may not have the charisma of an Ezio, Kassandra or Bayek, but … Continue reading

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