Assassin’s Creed: Origins
This is one of the best games I’ve ever played. Yes, an Ubisoft and Assassin’s Creed game. It turns out if you let your team have a year off without releasing a title,… Continue reading
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Shadow of the Tomb Raider
Traditionally in my Dreaded Backlog posts I play older games that I didn’t play at time of release. That way I don’t have to write about every gaming experience I have, and I… Continue reading
Far Cry 3: Blood Dragon
I treat Ubisoft releases the same way as I do with Lego video game releases. They’re all very similar (or identical) games and so I’ll only play one if that individual title’s theme… Continue reading
Sniper Elite 4
At this point it is safe to say I am a big fan of the Sniper Elite series. With Sniper Elite V2 I had a fascinating, if frustrating experience. It was a great… Continue reading
Just Cause 3
Just Cause 3 is an odd beast. Its story and presentation is incredibly ‘old school’, yet many things about it typify a modern video game. On the one hand there is a side-scrolling… Continue reading
Batman: The Telltale Series
Until the late 1980s the in-universe origin of Batman was somewhat unique. It only had a very basic outline of how Batman became Batman depicted usually across only a few panels. Obviously the… Continue reading
Gone Home: Console Edition
I loved Dear Esther, but I hated Virginia. I recently had a go at Firewatch and uninstalled it without completing it first. So how will Gone Home fare in my estimations? It actually… Continue reading
The fundamentals of storytelling and how ‘Doctor Who: The Tsuranga Conundrum’ fails to incorporate them
Tonight Doctor Who gave us The Tsuranga Conundrum. It stands out from every episode aired so far this series in one main regard: it’s bad and doesn’t function on any level. As usual… Continue reading
Inside
It’s safe to say I did not love Limbo. I felt it wanted to employ a minimalist storytelling approach whilst also operating as a platforming puzzle game and in trying to be both… Continue reading
Far Cry Primal
I’ve been distracted of late and thus I’ve been neglecting this blog and this ““column”” also. As a result of this I now have a backlog of this to write, rather ironically. It… Continue reading
