So, hear me out, it’s been quite a while since Brütal Legend first launched back in 2009 and going back to play it, I can safely say that it still rocks just like 15 years ago. It may not be a masterpiece and might have one or two flaws here and there, but by the…
Category: Games & Gaming
The Journey experience
Journey is a 2012 videogame developed by Thatgamecompany that perfectly demonstrates how a game can deliver so much more than what we would normally expect. The story, although simplistic, is not ever narrated, in fact there is no such thing as voice acting; furthermore, although being a two or three hour long gaming experience, one…
The third gate of Baldur
Well, with so many people writing and talking about Baldur’s Gate 3, it would seem a bit pointless to add to this trend, but…here we are, after 80 hours of gameplay, to talk about some things and rant about others. I won’t spend time however discussing the plot and your ‘build your own suicide squad’…
Dredging through memories
In an era where most triple-A game companies are not concerned with delivering a good product but rather prefer to just perfecting a formula for a standardized gaming experience that will in turn make them money, where would a gamer search for something more? I found myself more and more invested in smaller indie companies…
Keeper of graves
This is the story of a man, a graveyard and a talking skull. There is an indie game out there that has you doing exactly this: you manage a graveyard, deliver sermons and from time to time you resurrect the occasional zombie to help you in your chores. Graveyard Keeper is a pixel-art indie game…
The other side of Othercide
With the recent development in Triple-A titles it feels like a big part of the gaming industry has been putting more and more emphasis on profits and less attention to the actual games. It is understandable that gaming is a business and as such it is supposed to produce revenue, but it seems like this…
A devil should cry
With the following piece, I will try to avoid making significant spoilers regarding Devil May Cry 5 while also expressing my opinion on it. If you want to avoid said possible plot details, you might consider skipping this read. I will say it clearly: I am writing this review because I myself am an aficionado…