Why doesn’t Batman just call the Justice League for help? Is he stupid? I’m not sure why I put off this game for so long. I’ve really enjoyed all the Arkham games before Arkham Knight, including Origins which I played about five years ago. I had no real reason to wait as long as I […]

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Oh boy. I love definitions. The Game Awards has yet again sparked discussion, as it so often does. But this year the discussion is not strictly on what is and is not deserving of the coveted “Game of the Year” title, or whether it could even be called an awards show given its lack of […]

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The fog has lifted. It’s probably not a good idea to try out a game because of the internet doing a discourse, but I can’t help myself. Ever since the announcement came that Silent Hill 2 was getting a remake by Bloober Team (responsible for The Medium, Layers of Fear, and Blair Witch to name […]

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The professor laughed. “You are wrong.” My journey through the Layton games has definitely been a bit on the slow side, starting with Unwound Future back in 2018 and then playing through Curious Village, the first game in the series, just a couple years ago. Finally, in the year of our lord 2023, I am […]

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Big dreams. Spooky season is upon us once again, which means it’s time to break out the horror games! “But you’ve already played two horror games earlier this year.” … …and? Anyway, we’re kicking things off with Little Nightmares, a puzzle platformer horror game taking place in what looks like a very Tim Burton-like world. […]

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Now you’re thinking with time. A late 2022 release that I’m only now getting around to, The Entropy Centre got my attention fast when browsing Reddit one day I stumbled upon a gif of the game. A puzzle game about rewinding objects in time? Well, say no more! I’m intrigued. A little while later the […]

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On the road again. I quite liked the first Octopath Traveler. It had its faults, most notably in the story department, but it was a good time and held my attention in a way that few games like it could do at the time. In the time since I think I’ve gotten better at handling […]

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It was time for Thomas to leave. He had seen everything. The train is a spider. Or, perhaps, the spider is a train. Whatever it is exactly, it’s hardly surprising that Choo-Choo Charles is exactly the kind of game that grabs your attention fast and doesn’t let go. You don’t even have to see it, […]

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