Former Blizzard president Mike Ybarra thinks big budget games should offer players the ability to add a tip on top of already spending $70. For a number of reasons it's dumb to add tipping to big corporate games, but when it's been suggested by a literal corporate leader, the whole proposal seems more sinister than stupid.
2024-04-15 13:31:40 +0000 UTC View Post
Something NEW up on the site today, the start of a series (if it's liked) called Snaptime, where I share a bunch of interesting, weird, and funny screenshots I captured for game reviews but ended up not using. I've wanted to do this for a while - I take so many damn pictures and most of them go to waste. Help them be less wasteful and 2024-04-12 10:18:19 +0000 UTC View Post
Anyone who says otherwise is probably an even bigger criminal.
Games we played this week include:
Botany Manor (9:05)
Little Big Adventure (17:25)
Virtual Springfield (20:10)
Hellblade: Senua’s Sacrifice (31:30)
Final Fantasy X (46:51)
Life Is Strange has been called an "SJW game" by chuds around the world, but maybe they'll start appreciating it now developer Deck Nine has come under fire for an IGN Report detailing abuse, bigotry, and harassment. Either way, as the company hides behind diversity to dodge the allegations, we can take a look at what real virtue signalling look...
2024-04-08 11:26:39 +0000 UTC View Post
Rise of Ronin isn't just something I've been praising to damn Dragon's Dogma. It's a genuinely terrific game that I've been utterly hooked on. You can CLICK HERE to read all about it if you like!
2024-04-06 18:19:03 +0000 UTC View Post
It is what it is, pal.
Games we played this week include:
Content Warning (11:00)
MiG Switch (17:50)
Rise of the Ronin (27:50)
Islets (35:40)
Final Fantasy VII: Rebirth (43:30)
Pepper Grinder (54:50)
Final Fantasy X (1:00:05)
Dragon's Dogma, Rise of Ronin, backtracking, microtransactions, controversial tweets, and comparisons to Symphony of the Night. This video has it all!
2024-04-01 13:37:37 +0000 UTC View Post
Apparently I've been harassed all week on social media over this past Monday's video on Dragon's Dogma. I wouldn't know because I was too busy writing this review, which will be received with maturity from the wider Gamer(tm) community I'm sure. 2024-03-30 09:43:26 +0000 UTC View Post
Breathe it in.
Games we played this week include:
Princess Peach Showtime (6:30)
Rise of the Ronin (23:10)
Darkwood (34:40)
Theatrhythm: Final Bar Line (43:50)
It couldn't be about any other subject this week. Capcom has taken the absolute urine with Dragon's Dogma 2, its 21 in-app purchases including such egregious paywalled features as fast travel. Given how the game hasn't changed since 2012, this is damn disgraceful.
And it's what Capcom's been getting away with for a long time.
2024-03-25 14:40:52 +0000 UTC View Post
Like you’ve never thought about it.
Games we played this week include:
Balatro (3:20)
Final Fantasy VII Rebirth (10:35)
The Veil: Shadow of the Crown (25:12)
The Thaumaturge (29:20)
Contra: Operation Galuga (29:55)
Alone in the Dark (41:35)
Final Fantasy VII Rebirth, like Remake before it, has won me over with its audacity. Faced with a trainwreck of ideas that is both a traversty and a piece of brilliance, I have given myself over to the ridiculous ride. You can ...
2024-03-20 16:37:45 +0000 UTC View Post
I have a pre-release review of a good Alone in the Dark game. A good Alone in the Dark game? An authentic Alone in the Dark game? Stranger things have happened! You can read my review about the game if you C...
2024-03-19 14:01:12 +0000 UTC View Post
Final Fantasy VII Rebirth is one of the most remarkable videogames of all time, for better or worse. An absolute trip in every sense of the word, it's fascinating and baffling and funny and strange, and its rehabilitation of one of Final Fantasy VII's more maligned characters really says it all.
2024-03-18 12:29:25 +0000 UTC View Post
What a lovely surprise.
Games we played this week include:
Balatro (5:15)
Pullfrog (13:40)
Mars After Midnight (15:05)
Final Fantasy VII Rebirth (18:50)
The Thaumaturge (31:15)
Princess Peach Showtime (48:40)
Snufkin: Melody of Moominvalley (51:25)
Rise of the Ronin (54:40)
A.I. advocates love to pretend they're real artists, and claims of plagiarism are little more than appropriative attempts to steal a sense of validity. Let's look at how these hacks justify themselves and see how little techbros understand the concept of hard work.
2024-03-11 13:26:19 +0000 UTC View Post
Four-player cooperative Outlast is a curious idea, but one that works quite well! You can CLICK HERE to read my review if you like, but I should add an NSFW content warning: this review contains screenshots of an Outl...
2024-03-09 15:08:29 +0000 UTC View PostYeah, that’s right. We said it. What do you intend to do?
Games we played this week include:
Final Fantasy VII Rebirth (4:30)
Supermarket Simulator (33:00)
The Outlast Trials (41:05)
Warhammer 40k: Boltgun (51:10)
Pacific Drive is already a very serious GOTY contender for me. I wrote a review of it that I couldn't dish enough praise out in, and if you want to read all that praise, just CLICK HERE!
2024-03-06 16:20:03 +0000 UTC View Post
As Crash Team Rumble shuts its doors and another "live service" shrivels to death in less than a year, one has to wonder how deliberate the number of sudden shutdowns are. One thing is for sure - no matter how many of them are guaranteed to fail, publishers keep launching the bloody things.
2024-03-04 13:12:16 +0000 UTC View Post
It’s a lovely day for a drive.
Games we played this week include:
Pacific Drive (8:00)
Geometry Survivor (30:00)
Pocket Card Jockey Ride On (33:20)
Pepper Grinder (37:30)
Penny’s Big Breakout (38:45)
There is a new Crazy Taxi, and Sega promises it will be "AAA" as if that's some sort of selling point. They should be comparing its scope and quality to a game like Pacific Drive, because real ambition will beat "AAA" ambition every time.
2024-02-26 12:45:33 +0000 UTC View Post
We welcome it.
Games we played this week include:
Arzette: The Jewel of Faramore (6:35)
Helldivers 2 (16:15)
Destroy All Humans 2 Reprobed (21:05)
Cookie Cutter (25:00)
Heartworm (31:15)
Deep Rock Galactic: Survivor (34:25)
Helldivers 2 is the most disappointing game of the year so far. Yes, it's only February, but this game is still a bloody wreck! A sequel I was looking forward to, it's so broken and bad at being online that I cannot forgive it, and if you 2024-02-21 16:19:37 +0000 UTC View Post
The F*ck Konami News just hasn't stopped rolling, as the publisher fails impressively once again. Perhaps. This seems to be a joint effort, as Bloober Team's Silent Hill 2 remake got an ill-advised "combat" trailer, and fingers are being pointed over how bad it looks. FUN!
2024-02-19 14:24:32 +0000 UTC View Post
The bar has been raised yet again.
Games we played this week include:
Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth (10:50)
Helldivers 2 (16:30)
Mouthwashing (31:10)
Deep Rock Galactic: Survivor (34:25)
Final Fantasy Rebirth (40:45)
Destroy All Humans 2 Reprobed (47:15)
Hardcoded (49:20)
Ubisoft thinks its new pirate game, yet another open world "live service" - deserves to charge $70 because it's a "Quadruple-A" game. I mean, for crying out loud! Let's absolutely have fun tearing this nonsense down!
2024-02-12 14:24:20 +0000 UTC View Post
Suicide Pals: Eat The Just Juice League is another looter shooter. I mean, that's really it. Just another one. So yeah, I reviewed that thrilling encounter, and you can CLICK HERE to read all abou...
2024-02-11 08:37:26 +0000 UTC View Post
A crisis averted.
Games we played this week include:
Silent Hill: The Short Message (7:15)
Yakuza: Like a Dragon (27:30)
Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth (37:25)
Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League (39:03)
Silent Hill: The Short Message is a really rubbish bit of trauma tourism that feels like a bad Bloober game despite not being a Bloober game. It's another bit of miserable nonsense squirted out by a Konami that doesn't give a stuff. Let's hate it together!
2024-02-05 14:52:23 +0000 UTC View Post