TL;DR: I never should have purchased this game. The last time I opened a "semi-review" with those words, it was for Expedition 33. It was a negative review. While I maintain that I shouldn't have purchased 007 First Light, this is going to be a positive review. Why? Let's start with the obvious question: Why shouldn't I…
While Baldur's Gate 3 is still the video game that currently commands most of my attention, there's another game I've played occasionally since 2016: No Man's Sky. I've spent about 650 hours in NMS over the past decade. It comes in third in terms of the amount of time I've spent in a single video game, behind…
I don't usually put a warning in my blog posts, but I feel I should for this one. Content warning: Discussion of mental illness. Senua's Saga: Hellblade II (SSH2) is a sequel to Hellblade: Senua’s Sacrifice (HSS). When I wrote my post on my top-rated games, I'd forgotten about HSS. I've just edited that post to mention…
Guess what, folks? I just rage-quit another game. You already know from the title of this essay that it was Indiana Jones and the Great Circle. If you've read my other reviews (such as they are), you know that when I typically rage-quit a game like Arkham Knight or Gollum, it's at the end of ever-more-unpleasant experience…
This is an unusual post for me. I'm writing a second essay about a game I did not like: Expedition 33. When I wrote my earlier essay, I was filled with inchoate rage. I was angry at the game and its designers. I designated some of the lead designers in the credits and wished different horrible fates…
TL;DR: I never should have purchased this game. Warning As I type these words, I'm filled with "gamer's rage." If you're not a video gamer, you may not understand this. If you are, you're familiar with the feeling: The one that makes you pray that a game's designers suffer from spontaneous castration due to various unrelated causes.…
After my last post, on my lowest-reated games, it was easy to predict that I'd write this follow-up post on my favorite games. My life-time favorite video games are Ultima III: Exodus and The Prisoner, both on the Apple II. But those games were definitely of their time (the early 80s); even though there are remakes and…
After working for a few days on my review of Divinity Original Sin II, it occurred to me that I've written lots of video-game "semi-reviews'. I call them "semi-reviews" because I generally review a game long after it's been released. My opinion of the game becomes almost irrelevant. Then again, given the size and nature of my…
TL;DR: I did not like this game. Get ready for a negative review, with lots of pictures. Context If you've read any post in this blog for the past year, you know that I've developed a fascination for Baldur's Gate 3. I've gushed over the quality of its story, and praised the design decisions made by the…
I plan to write a long-ish blog post in which I gush about Baldur's Gate 3. Before I start crafting an unnecessary essay about a current game that's been reviewed and praised elsewhere, I feel a desire to wrap up the remaining games in my series: reviews of games that have been released and reviewed so long…