I've been interested in the idea since it was announced. A spiritual successor to one of my favorite games of all time, Planescape: Torment? Yes please. I didn't back it, though, out of wary skepticism. But with its release, I did pick it up to play, as most reviews seemed positive ( Read more... )

Dragon's Dogma slid below my radar when it came out - just not quite "big" enough. And coming back and playing it now, I can see why. It isn't bad, but it's not quite good in the field of action-RPGs either. For me, at least, there's a pervading sense of almost-good throughout, as if it really could have been a first-tier title with some more money ( Read more... )

So after the "new" game of Skyrim I was playing was fouled by corrupted saves, I turned back to Fallout 4 to fill some time. I'd played through the game before, but not the DLC, so it gave me a chance to peek at some places and plots new to me, which was nice ( Read more... )

Le Chevalier d'Eon is an anime series I started watched probably years ago now, but didn't really get into. I picked that back up and watched it through to the (fairly tragic, I must say) ending ( Read more... )

I almost regret not buying and playing Tales of Berseria. Almost. I've instead been watching/listening to a play through, and I've been pleasantly surprised by it in general ( Read more... )

So, yeah, a recent comment/question had me looking at my Steam wishlist and realizing it's currently down to one (not yet released) game. I seem to have made it through the handful of holiday games and come out the other side with... not so much that I really want or am waiting on. Which isn't to say things are totally bleak ( Read more... )

Ergo Proxy looked like an atmospheric noir cyberpunk anime series. I suppose it sort of is. The best word for it that comes to mind, though, is phantasmagoric (ie. dreamlike - thank you, old word-a-day calendar). Visually, it's dark. Dark enough that there were a measurable percentage of scenes difficult to make out - not a particularly good thing ( Read more... )

I've seen the title before, but passed it over. Still, making my way through subtitled options, I settled on giving this one a try ( Read more... )

With these anime titles, I often feel like there's some sort of context missing. X "on the Sky" doesn't make much sense in English, "of" or "in" seems more appropriate. But whatever ( Read more... )

Ah, the holidays. They play out one of two ways for me these days ( Read more... )