XCOM 2 is finally starting to get it’s claws in me deep.  This kind of text-heavy stat watcher isn’t ideal for console gaming but I’m still enjoying it. I’m not very far at all and have only just run into the snake villains.  Still the routine I loved about the first game and the frustrations I’ve had so far are…

I got Gorogoa on Android because I had a $5 credit to the Play Store and I sometimes feel like I’m missing it out playing it on a tiny phone screen.  Also I’m constantly jamming my finger against the screen to see what moves.  Great game though.

It’s tough with God of War because they want you to work to get all the cool, spinny axe throws you’ll get later on but that does mean that the fighting earlier in the game is much more difficult (not to say the late game’s a breeze but there are certain combos of stat buffs and moves that make it so you essentially…

I ebb in and out of gaming too.  There are many times when I’ve spent a lot more time talking about gaming online with other people than actually gaming when I have free time.

Inventory management is one of my least favorite things in gaming but I will give it up for Dead Space which essentially does a stripped down version or RE4's menu (and a stripped down version of RE4's gameplay HAYOOOOO!) but I just love that there’s no break in the gameplay and the menu exists as a part of Isaac’s…

hahaha, good pun there. Yeah it sucks when games force you into those little goal based missions especially when a lot of them ask for an insane amount of focus or trial and error. I’ve come to love the ‘fly through these hoops’ wingsuit ones but the ‘blow up ten cars in five seconds’ ones always blow. I’m hoping it’s…

Alright so I sprung for some new games and got Yakuza 0 and the Just Cause 3 DLC. The JC3 one is interesting. I really liked the game when it came out and I will often pop up to defend it since it’s not as beloved as number 2. But I almost never go back and play games again this generation. Even ones that beg…

The early game is much more difficult as with any game with a progression tree, you eventually buff yourself and atreus up to the point where you’re only a few button presses from those sweet sweet satisfying instant kill animations.

The looney tunes style fun is a BYOB type situation in JC3. None of the missions ever require you to tether somebody to a car and then put exploding rocket boosters on the car and have it fly off a cliff... but you can do that on your own!

Man I’ve barely played a video game in 4 weeks. I am at the tale end of kitchen remodel which means most nights after the toddler has gone to bed I’m trying to cut baseboards into perfect 45 degree angles and somehow failing everytime.

The original Unravel is underappreciated gem. I will have to pick this game up.

Also, gender swapped Riku turning to Mickey Mouse and saying “You’re too late Mickey!” is priceless. It was at least a funny stupid presser.

The Quiet Man trailer is a work of pure garbage. Love it.

That would be a burn if Bernie Sanders was an entire organization dedicated to getting Dems elected but sucked at it a la the DNC

I’m glad to see this is reviewing well. Like the other fans of Life is Strange, seeing that Dontnod was doing Buffy via Mumford & Sons as it’s next game had me incredibly worried. I still don’t see myself playing this until it’s on sale but at least it’s an interesting looking game.

shut the funk up binch

Insane how much horsepower Konami was able to pull out of the freakin’ Gameboy Advance for that and the other Castlevania games on the system. The little device barely can match most graphic calculators but those games still pull muster.

People knock Fallout 3? I thought 4 was the redheaded stepchild people liked to rag on. I loved 3 at the time. It’s world just felt great. In fact, I’m one of the rare folks who will go to bat for 3 over New Vegas.

Final Fantasy puzzles are always a special sort of hell. You pull a lever or stand on something, the screen vibrates, the protagonist says “I think that changed something in the temple/cave/dungeon” and then you go putz around with other, like 5 levers to see which one you’re supposed to pull now. Oof, can’t believe I…

It’s insane to me that your favorite Arcade games don’t include any Japanese games. They’re so good at that genre. My all time top three are probably very common to anybody else who went to Pizza Parties for their youth sports team at any Godfather’s or whatever throughout the midwest.