Category: Reviews
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Neva Review: Right Back Where We Started
Before playing Neva, I finally played GRIS a few months ago. This was the first game from Nomada Studios. And it was a beautiful piece of art. The game told a surprisingly deep story and mixed it with some of the best art direction and style you can find in any video game. As much…
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Metaphor: ReFantazio Review- A (Nearly) Unscathed Triumph
It’s tough to walk away from a good thing. I’ve been working at the same company for over 10 years now. I like my job. I think I’m good at it, and it generally takes pretty good care of me. But there have been many times that I wondered what it would be like to…
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Europa Review: A Few Hours of Respite From A Turbulent World
My wife gets so excited when it starts to rain on a dark summer night. She loves to open the windows and just soak in the peaceful sounds of the raindrops. Sometimes, she reads a book with that noise in the background. Sometimes, she just closes her eyes and takes it in. I operate a…
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The Legend of Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom Review- Sometimes I Prefer Diet Coke
As I’ve gotten older, something strange has happened. Something I couldn’t have imagined at all when I was a kid or a teen. There are many times when I’ll drink a diet pop (soda for you non-midwestern heathens) over a “regular” one. Regular pop can just feel overly filling and too sugary. Diet pop goes…
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The Plucky Squire Review: So Charming That It’s No Longer Charming
One of the worst people that you can possibly come across is the guy who thinks he is funnier than he actually is. Every conversation suddenly becomes this persons attempt at a stand-up comedy routine. They love their own humor a little too much. And maybe this person can be funny on occasion, but eventually,…
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Until Then Spoiler Free Review: World Class Ingredients, In The Oven For Too Long
Imagine the best chef in the world. They are on nationally televised cooking shows. If they open a restaurant, it makes headlines. They use the best ingredients that any chef could use. In the end, none of that matters if they leave the meal in the oven for too long. You can do everything else…
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Like A Dragon: Infinite Wealth Review- At A Crossroads Of The Past And The Future
Back in 2019, I thought Yakuza: Like A Dragon was one of the most bold games a long-running series could come out with. At that point, the Yakuza series was purely an action/brawler series with seven mainline games and an absolutely iconic protagonist. Deciding to switch heroes and go to a turn based RPG system…
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GRIS Review: How To Rate True Art?
Sometimes, the absurdity of how most of us handle video game reviews is not lost on me. Imagine an art critic going to an art show and assigning each piece a review on a scale of 1-10. For one reason or another, that doesn’t happen. Perhaps there is an understanding that art is above silly…
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Astro Bot Review: Bubble Wrap, Magic Shows, And Core Memories
If you play video games as an adult, odds are you played video games as a child. All gamers have a few games from their childhood that unlock some serious core memories. When you remember those times, you will, of course, remember playing whatever game it is that you are thinking about. But it goes…
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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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