As much as I loved Shovel Knight and the Spectre DLC (forget its name), I have just never been able to get into a roguelike, with very few exceptions. And the thing is, I don’t know why the exceptions worked for me. There’s no obvious reason I can think of why Tales of Maj’Eyal and Rogue Knight are somehow more suited…

The Playstation was the first console I bought for myself. At the time, I worked at a video rental place that had consoles for rent. I took the Playstation home one night with Final Fantasy VII. I played until I went to bed and kept it running all night so I didn’t lose my place. The next day, I purchased my own…

Despite being an even ancienter 43 year old that’s been playing games since childhood, I’ve never played any of the original Monkey Island games, so I don’t really have nostalgia for them. I’ve been aware of them for a while, but that’s about it. I keep hearing good things about this game, though, so it’s maybe it’s…

This is why I think there’s still so many people who think she’s a hack. Because she got popular when she was a teenage girl. Her songs were honest, sure, but pretty straightforward and simple. People have that immediate reaction of a bubbly teenage blonde singing about boys, so why should anyone take her seriously?

I absolutely adore the Resident Evil 2 and 3 remakes. 2 is probably the game I’ve played through more than any other game (maybe Demon’s Souls and/or Dark Souls 3 beat it), and they even convinced me to play through each of them (multiple times in the case of 2) on hardcore mode, which I honestly don’t think I’ve done…

I do feel for you. I can’t say I read every comment on yesterday’s article, but I know there were hundreds of them and a lot of them were single word/sentence responses that were inane at best, but to shave the entire discussion down to “like in almost all internet-based discourse, there is only one acceptable view at…

The issue with F2P isn’t the amount of game you can play for free. It’s that the business model preys on people who can get addicted to the drip-feed of small, often random (including in Diablo: Immortal), incentives and spend thousands of dollars before they know what they’ve done. I know I don’t have to link James…

The Brothers Hildebrandt had some excellent art for The Lord of the Rings. I remember my father had calendars and art books with their artwork based on the book. It was as close to canon as physical depictions of the settings and characters get, at least before the Jackson movies released. Here’s the original art:

It’s kind of curse that there’s been so many games based on Tolkien’s series. I remember playing what I recall was a top-down rpg base on The Fellowship of Ring. It was released after the Jackson movies, but was very obviously inspired by the book. I’ve wanted to find it for a few years now, but it’s really hard to…

I have to wonder how much of an effect Dan Olson’s video had on this crash. I mean, it was inevitable, but I think it’s at least a possibility his video sped up the process at least a little.

Ah, that makes sense. I’d still wonder why this would only be an issue with Malenia, then. But I’m also thinking as someone who’s not at all familiar with coding.

If this is a mistake (and I really hope it is), anyone know what it could be tied to? I’ve heard it only happens when you summon outside help, though I don’t know if that’s true or not. But if that is the case, were they trying to make her more difficult in a different way if you summon help?

Weirdly, as a Souls vet, I went into the pit on my first playthrough without knowing it was a tutorial. I was mostly being taught things I already knew (with the exception of the new guard counter that I immediately forgot), but I did learn one thing. I could fall a lot further than in previous Souls games. And if I…

I’ll have to give that one a try. Confusingly, I really like 3rd-person platformers in VR. I always imagined it’d be the first-person games that really draw me in, but acting like a camera on a tripod is surprisingly great!

Sooooo does that mean this won’t be playable on PSVR 2 when it’s released? I played the first Moss on my Rift S and just adored it. It’s true that technically, this game doesn’t need to be in VR, but it just adds so much to your experience of the world that it’s still a necessary part of the game. I’ve been waiting…

My first thought when I saw the headline was, “How the hell does he get through Elden Star?!” Glad to see I already knew the most difficult part. I really want to watch this whole playthrough, but especially to see his strategy for Elden Beast, as that move has killed me often in ng+.

I actually heard the laugh and figured it was Patches, but didn’t know what Gostoc was doing until I looked up yesterday in the Wiki for where I could purchase a buckler. I do remember dying and thinking I had more souls on rebirth, but I actually did pretty well in Stormveil Castle, so I never knew for sure.

Man, I’ve been eagerly awaiting this review since release! It’s not that I was waiting buy it (day one for me!), just that I can’t get enough Elden Ring content. I’ve never had this kind of reaction to a game before, where I not only want to play it, but want to read about it whenever I can’t play.

This game honestly sounds like something that might actually connect with my own life a little too revealingly. My experience with AOL IM is relegated to one night at a friend’s place where I woke up early to chat with randoms, and it’s a memory that I’m not quite ashamed of, but it’s not exactly one of my proudest…

I’ve put a lot of time into the game, but I still haven’t really delved into weapon affinities or ashes of war. I feel like that’s my problem, though, since I just haven’t really tried to understand it yet. However, I’m very familiar with Souls games - been playing since Demon’s Souls day one - so it feels just fine…