video games

At the end of my review of Lord of the Rings: Gollum, I wrote: ...my next video-game review will about a game based on a widely-known IP, with antique graphics, and even more glitches than Gollum. I loved every minute of it. Given my fondness for Telltale-style games, and my oft-unrequited love of Star Trek, it probably…

Two rants in a row. Fortunately, the next few blogs posts I've planned are more positive. My reaction to Lord of the Rings: Gollum is so negative that I'm not going to include a spoiler warning. That's because I badly want to spoil the game for you, so that you feel no need to purchase it. Please…

This is another of my game reviews written long after a review would be relevant. Dredge is a fishing game. Like most such games, your main sequence of actions is to go out onto the water, reel in some fish, return to port to sell them, make improvements to your boat so you can fish better. Repeat…

Awhile back I wrote a review of Assassin's Creed: Valhalla. I liked the game, though I felt it had its flaws. Since that review, I've played other games, at least one of which (Ghost of Tsushima) was better than AC:V. Yet, in the long run, it was Assassin's Creed: Valhalla to which I kept returning. Part of…

This is a review of Return to Monkey Island from someone who never played the original games in the Monkey Island series. The TL;DR version: My apologies to the Monkey Island fans out there, but I don't understand what the fuss is about. While I enjoy the occasional hunt-n-click game, such as the various Telltale games, I'm…

I've put off writing this review, because it's going to sound more negative than I really feel. I've said many times that my favorite console video game is Horizon: Zero Dawn. For me, it had the ideal combination of graphics, story, and gameplay that suits my limited gaming skills and love of a good story. I looked…

TL;DR - I had a miserable time playing this game. I'm not even sure why I played it to its end. I'm not saying that this is a bad game; I'll give the reasons for my reaction below. I write my game reviews (as inconsequential as they are) in the order in which I play the games.…

The TL;DR version: After playing one of the best console video games I've ever played, unfortunately I followed it up with one of the worst. In writing about Marvel's Guardians of the Galaxy, I feel I must make comparisons to an earlier game based on the characters: Guardians of the Galaxy: The Telltale Game. To spare you…

The TL;DR version of this review: Ghost of Tsushima is now my second-favorite video console game, after Horizon: Zero Dawn. The (fictional) island of Tsushima is part of the shogunate of Japan. The Mongols have invaded, led by Khotun Khan. At the start of the game, an army of samurai is defeated by Khotun. You are Jin…