Author: Westen
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Crypt Custodian Review: In The Right Place At The Right Time
Timing is everything. Usually, this has a bit of a negative connotation for video games. I hear many stories about people playing a game that they didn’t love at the time because they just weren’t in the right headspace for it. Oftentimes, after another try down the line, those same people end up loving the…
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Cat Quest 3 Review: Cats Have Claws
After playing two good but unspectacular cat games in the past few years (Stray and Little Kitty, Big City), I started to stereotype cat games. If I’m playing as a cat in your game, I started to feel like I knew exactly what to expect. Cat games resemble… cats shockingly. They’re cute and quirky. And…
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So Long Dear Friend. I’d Do It Again. Every Time.
Getting a pet is one of the most unfathomable things we can do. We bring a creature into our house. We put pictures of them up everywhere. Many of us let them sleep in our beds and on our couches. We call them family. If someone asks me how many kids I have, I usually…
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Star Wars Outlaws Review: The Adventure of a Lifetime… Not Necessarily the Video Game of a Lifetime
Video games are an interesting experience because they are so multifaceted. Playing a video game can at times be akin to watching a full season of a TV show. Sometimes it’s like sitting down and listening to a new album. And the actual video game element can be dramatically different depending on what genre you…
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I am a Gamer, and I am Always Correct
It’s not often that a gaming adjacent story truly stuns me and leaves me in shock. Big reveals happen all the time. Big layoff news is all too common. Even stories of toxic workplaces aren’t anything new or shocking. So believe me when I say that Sony shutting down Concord and refunding all purchases had…
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Bo: Path of the Teal Lotus Review- Brilliant and Questionable
The worst scenario you can encounter as a gamer is that gamebreaking bug. The bug that forces you to lose hours upon hours of progress, or perhaps that doesn’t let you complete the game you are playing at all. It’s a rare scenario, but any grizzled vet will have at least one horror story. When…
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Mega Gaming Round Up: Star Wars Outlaws, Until Then, Daybreak, Kunitsu-Gami, and Cat Quest 3
Folks, I am pleased to announce that I have been eating good. As usual, I have been game hopping, and I feel like it’s about time to do a big update. It’s been a weird month-ish of gaming for me. Pretty much all year, I’ve been playing at least one game that was an 8.5…
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TMNT: Splintered Fate Review- Baby’s First Roguelite
I feel like gamers are always overusing certain games as comparison points. We use the most popular games in a genre to help describe just about everything, sometimes to a ridiculous effect. Every difficult video game seems to be a “soulslike” these days. Any big open world game without tons of objective markers is like…
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My 10 Biggest Winners from Gamescom 2024
Gamescom exists in a weird place within the gaming showcase hierarchy. Despite having all the bells and whistles of Summer Game Fest, it is always clearly several notches below it in terms of the amount of AAA games that make an appearance. Oftentimes, that means indies might get a bit more of a foothold here,…
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Eiyuden Chronicles: Hundred Heroes Review- Just When I Thought I Was Out, They Pull Me Back In
I could talk about Eiyuden Chronicles: Hundred Heroes for hours. I could write about it for days. This is one of the most fascinating video games I have ever played. I say that because Eiyuden is a game of incredible extremes. I’ve never played a game where, seemingly, everything about it is either fantastic, jank,…
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