I finished the first solo campaign of Boxboy + Boxgirl, got the bad ending (I think everybody gets the bad ending first time around). Playing LongBoxBoy right now and determined to finish the entire game and get the good ending this weekend. But I should probably deal with “real life” instead : /

I bought Odyssey day one and it blew my freaking mind, man. Have fun! (Personally I think NDC was my favorite).

Last night I finished Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic. A classic game that still holds up on the replay, with a caveat or two. Part of this might be residual salt, but it’s really not fun to be soloing a boss and the boss stuns you, and then kills you while you wait helplessly for the stun effect to end. As a…

I played Don’t Starve Together a few years back, and that was a surprisingly fun multiplayer game. One time my wife equipped her lighter, accidentally burnt one thing in my camp, and then freaked out, running left and right trying to figure out what to do. Meanwhile her lighter was still equipped. She burned down my…

Well, this is a little redundant, but I’ll reiterate my relief when it comes to the roadblock of Map29 in that WAD I was playing in my post. It was as daunting as a final stage should be (the puzzle boss of Map30 doesn’t count), and its marathon length made it stand out compared to the levels which had preceded it.

I absolutely could not understand Don’t Starve enough to want to play it more than an hour or so. I got the mechanics after a bit and managed to stay alive for a day or two, but then I went down into a cave and a stalactite fell on me and I died. I kind of don’t get the point; I never play roguelikes, so it’s probably…

But it’s also a symptom of the degree to which gaming is still in its infancy that these attempts so often generate a disjuncture between ideas and delivery.

Well, the important thing is you taught that other guy a lesson for daring to be unironically enthusiastic for something on the internet. 

Oh fuck off you boring bastard.

My motivation for posting (in addition to the usual “I finally finished it this week” updates you see around here) was how delighted I was at the novelty of discovering how many built-in sequence breaks there were. But, despite my attempt to give Map09 the benefit of the doubt, sometimes Doom 1&2 are just janky and…

When I was getting hyped for Sigil, I was inspired to shake off the rust by doing something in Doom 2 that I had never done the first time around: completing all 30 levels from Pistol Start. Having to find the weapons within the level instead of bringing them in from the previous map is something that can transform a…

Just bought Celeste!

RE: Celeste, keep your same save file! You won’t have access to your double jump in levels where you didn’t originally have the double jump, but there is an assist mode that adds extra dashes if you feel that’s dumb. Strawberries, B-Sides and Hearts can be fun, but there are some B-sides that just destroy you. I…

I’m playing Mario + Rabbids on the switch. It’s a very strange game, but I like it. I think the Sims 4 is also happening, because mermaids.

I feel you. I’ve been playing Yakuza for the better part of four months now. Between how long it is, how fun it is to simply go off and waste time in the world map, or do some random stupid side quests, and the fact that most of my limited gaming time is taken up by the switch... I found it very difficult to finish it.

After reading about it for years, hearing about the upcoming film adaptation has finally prompted me to start on Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic. I’ve been through all Bioware’s Dragon Age and Mass Effect games, so it’s a bit like visiting a nursing home to meet their grandparent. In fact, I wasted quite a bit…

I’m all over another game with a gimmick this weekend. I got Cadence of Hyrule earlier this week and played it yesterday on the train to my parents’ house for the first time (not ideal, I know). The first... 20/30 minutes were BRUTAL. Admittedly, I haven’t played the original Necrodancer (I might do it once I’m done…

They’re actually continuations of things I find quite fascinating. I’m of an age(i am too old to play but understand people my age are making the current games) where I appreciate current game analysis. There’s so many games out now(even AAA games)that I’m constantly behind in that I feel like a caveman.

Salutations~!

definitely Charles Haley