I traded in most of what remained of my Wii U library--made less painful by all the superior Switch ports--and picked up Dark Souls Remastered and pre-ordered Octopath Traveler for a whopping $4. I was very impressed by the Octopath demo and held off on playing the revisions so I didn’t get sick of the game before it…

Thats a pretty compelling take. I’d argue that Jack’s ineffectualness adds to the terror. He’s not some unstoppable, supernatural killer, he’s just a guy with an axe; he can be beaten or evaded, but there is a non-zero chance that he’ll get lucky and chop someone to death.

I finished Hollow Knight. It was really good, but the true final boss as well as Master Grimm proved too frustrating for me. So I settled for the less-bad bad ending and will revisit it when the last DLC comes out.

With Hollow Knight wrapped up, I'm moving into Dark Souls Remastered. Boy, it's a lot easier when you can summon experts to help you out.

This isn’t limited to TV, either, as anyone who plays lots of video games probably has an opinion on the current trend of games aping Dark Souls’ storytelling approach. The key difference is that with Dark Souls, the story is deliberately scattered and hidden so as not to get in the way of gameplay. If you just want…

And this game is basically Operation Genesis 2.0.

“But people looking to spend some time in the Jurassic world—and especially ones looking to bask for a while in the presence of some beautifully detailed virtual dinosaurs—will probably get a kick out of it, even if it fails to offer the vital sense of danger that’s always been the key element in making this…

I was underwhelmed by the first one, which I described as a “cartel-branded take on Death Wish,” and it seems that the people in charge of the sequel also had that interpretation.

I dunno, 2018 has been pretty solid so far.

So...hmmm.

Yeah, pretty much. Meeting guest needs isn't difficult, but managing your dinosaurs demands a lot of attention. 

The chief complaint is that it’s a pretty shallow park sim. Some people seem to have expected Roller Coaster Tycoon but with Dinosaurs, and that’s really not what it is.

The Witcher 2 is a little clunky compared to 3, but it’s very much worth playing if you’re interested in the evolution of the series. Where the first Witcher game is a boring mess, the second game is tight and polished, and actually does a few things better than its overall-superior sequel, notably in having a more…

Dishonored 2 ran okay on my PC, but not quite well enough to justify a double dip at this point.

The weird thing about The Witcher 3's approach to oils is that The Witcher 2 didn’t have that problem. You had to apply oils outside combat or not at all.

Also, is anyone playing Jurassic World: Evolution? I’ve been quite enjoying it, though it has received a very mixed reception from people who were expecting it to be a deep simulation.

I’m deeply enmeshed in Hollow Knight (Switch), exploring Deepnest, which is like Blighttown if Blighttown was miles and miles of tunnels choked with spiders and centipedes.

So it’s closing at the California location, where it will be replaced with an updated ride? That’s not exactly “extinct.”

There’s something very strange and suspicious about having nearly an hour of in-game footage that is relayed to the public solely by second-hand descriptions.

I played DMC4 for the first time earlier this year. I enjoyed it, but never finished it. Nero was boring as shit to play, but by the time you get to Dante you’re just going back through the levels again, with a stupid story tying it all together.