This is How We Role – Episode 4 – Singing in the Brain
And so we’re back with another session of the Telia campaign, this time with the party delving into the mysterious Vault in the Almun region, after having opened it at […]
On Internet Etiquette – Comments
Whether you’re writing a comment, or you’re writing a blog post, etiquette is hugely important. You wouldn’t walk up to a stranger and tell them “that’s a terrible pair of […]
This is How we Role – D&D 5e – Telia Episode 3
Third season (and technically 2nd video) of the new D&D campaign. We pick up where we left off, with the party hot on the trail of a missing archaeologist, but […]
Review – Lamplight City
Months ago, I previewed the first case of Grundislav Games’ latest point & click adventure game, Lamplight City, a crime drama adventure set in a Victorian-esque steampunk world, where it’s […]
Review – Iron Fist Season 2
I disliked the first season of Iron Fist, I thought it was boring, focused more on corporate shenanigans and nebulous villains than on the martial arts badassery the character deserves. […]
Review – Ultimate Beastmaster Season 3
It’s a fair assessment that I like the Ultimate Beastmaster. I liked it so much I made an entire theoretical exercise on video game characters running the courses and even […]
Series to Binge – Grimm
I love fairy tales, as much as I love myths. They’re some of our oldest forms of storytelling. They’re full of lessons and warnings, a bit of wisdom retained after […]
Backer Demo Opinions – Blasphemous | Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night
In the past year I’ve backed a fair amount of projects on a few crowdfunding platforms and among them are The Game Kitchen’s wonderful souls-like (or Metroidvania, really) Blasphemous and Koji […]
This is How we Role – D&D Telia – Episode 2
IT HAS BEGUN!! After about a year and change of planning and plotting and scheming and writing down a bunch of lore for the world, my little campaign setting, Telia—pronounced […]
Review: Guacamelee! 2
I love Metroidvania, it’s up there among my favourite video game genres and the original Guacamelee! holds a special place in my heart, not just because of how amazing it […]
StarCraft II – Finally Caught Up!
I played StarCraft II: Wings of Liberty when it first launched but after that, and for the longest time, I couldn’t get my hands on the other campaigns, Heart of […]
World of Warcraft: Battle for Azeroth – The Road so Far
I’ve played World of Warcraft since the Wrath of the Lich King expansion and I’ve loved the series from before the MMO even existed. I quested and raided my way […]
Review: Unavowed
From the first moment I played one of Dave Gilbert’s games, I became a fan of Wadjet Eye Games and have enjoyed every title they’ve released. When the chance came […]
Review: Flipping Death
First time I heard and played a Zoink! game was during my first visit to Rezzed and the game was Zombie Vikings, a title I would go to pay, love […]
Review: A Rite from the Stars
When I received the press release for A Rite from the Stars I have to admit my surprise. The last time I saw the game was during Risin’ Goat’s crowdfunding […]
Slasher Showdown – Scream TV vs Slasher
Couple of weeks ago I spoke of the TV reimagining of Wes Craven’s horror film series, Scream. Since then, I’ve binged on another similar show on Netflix, a Canadian production […]
Let’s Play Nightmare Creatures – Episode 2
It’s Friday again, so it’s time for a new episode of my new playthrough series of Nightmare Creatures.
Preview – Lamplight City
The last Grundislav Games titles I played were Shardlight and A Golden Wake and I absolutely loved them. Now I’ve received a nifty preview key for their upcoming title, Lamplight City, and […]
Nightmare Creatures – Episode 1 – Victorian Biohazard
I’ve been talking about this for ages, so now it’s time to put up or shut up and trust me, by the end of this video you’ll be very aware […]
Netflix Recommendations – Scream TV
Last week while browsing through Netflix, I was in a slasher film kind of mood, specifically wanted to watch the Scream films once more. In their place, I found something […]
Zen Gaming – Gorogoa
This weekend I finally managed to finish Hob, and I’m happy to say it was as joyful and relaxing experience from beginning to end. But as I finished the game, […]
Underrated Gaming – The Suffering
When you think of horror games, there are series and titles that quickly come to mind, be it survival horror—gaming’s go-to horror subgenre—or any of the other variations, titles like […]
Zen Gaming – Hob
I’ve had Hob installed on my PC for months, since last year in fact, and it’s a game I’ve been putting off constantly. It’s been on my list and every […]
Modding Classics – Blood Omnicide
One of the drawbacks of focusing on older games, to record playthroughs of older titles is that you have to deal with the inevitable bout of software and hardware incompatibility. […]
Review – Vampyr
A couple of weeks ago I recorded a small video showing the earliest sections of Vampyr, an action RPG where you play as a newborn Vampire in England during the […]
E3 2018 – Games I’m looking forward to
So, E3 just happened, at least the conferences and though I’m sure we’ll see some random announcements in the coming days, the bulk of it is done. Some outlets will […]
Brain Game – How video games help me think
Have you ever been working on something and been so stuck you can’t think your way out of the situation? Have you then tried to force yourself to come up […]
VAMPYR – Prologue Commentary
Vampyr released yesterday, a new game by DONTNOD, a developer that continues to impress me with their ability to tackle different genres and play styles. To say Vampyr has been […]
The Lawful Geek – Returning to Video
I apologise for the corny and somewhat dramatic title to this article, but the others were much worse. If you’ve kept up to date with the happenings of my YouTube […]
Review – Unforeseen Incidents
Harper is a university dropout handyman. He’s got no motivations and pretty much no aspirations, until a mysterious plague spreads across his town and he finds an infected woman dying […]
Review – Omensight
I love a good murder mystery, don’t you? A body, a place, motive and a weapon, the ingredients for a delicious assassination. But what if killing the intended victim precipitated […]
Top Myst-like Games
A few weeks ago I saw that Cyan Worlds had put up a Kickstarter campaign for a 25th Anniversary Collection of Myst, a series of games I adore but because […]
Review – Fox ‘n Forests
I love a good action platfomers, the tougher the better. There’s nothing like playing some old NES era title that does nothing but punish you and throw impossible odds at […]
Shield of Tomorrow – Beginning my Star Trek Education
Trekucation? Nah. Treducation? Nope. Trekkie Initiation? Nell no. Oh well, I’ll figure out a clever name at some point! I’ve never been a Star Trek fan, for a variety of […]
Review: Tower of Time
I love a good RPG, as I’ve mentioned several times in the past, from JRPGs to action RPGs, as long as the story and characters are nice and the game […]
Review: Forgotton Anne
For the past few weeks, when doing reviews, I’ve been doing two games in the same article—thanks to the new concise review format. But sometimes, you gotta give a game […]
The One Liners Tag Challenge
This week I was nominated not for a blogger award but something much more intriguing, a challenge! Specifically, it was the One Liner Tag challenge, and I have to thank […]
Twinned Reviews: Solo & Monster Prom
Well, what do you know? Another one of these. What can I say? Got games to review and these two, Solo and Monster Prom, are way past embargo, just taken […]
Twinned Reviews: Without Escape & The Thin Silence
So yeah, doing this again, having a couple of games in the same review article. The format is here to stay! This time’s it’s Without Escape and The Thin Silence, […]
Video Game Characterisation – Character Feelings vs Male Toxicity
As I wrote my Tomb Raider article for Wednesday and by playing through the latest God of War, I realised that video game character writing was changing and by god […]
Shadow of the Tomb Raider: The Quest for Lara’s Humanity
Yay, a new Tomb Raider is coming and we’ve seen trailers and footage and a month-long campaign of mini games on the official Shadow of the Tomb Raider site. NuLara […]
Nancy Drew – That’s all Folks!
While we wait for Midnight in Salem, which might never make its Spring 2019 release window, I’ve now played every Nancy Drew title possible and have some thoughts on the future of the series and the titles I played!
Twinned Reviews: Super Daryl Deluxe & Azure Saga: Pathfinder
In the past few weeks I’ve played my fair share of RPGs, so much so that they seem to be my main genre at the moment. I’m still playing through […]
