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So Microsoft is recommitting to console exclusives, which I do think is essential for their brand, if they want to continue to be in the console space (which they seem to be positioning themselves to be). But what I take issue with, is their bizarre split between what games are going to be Xbox...

Music is incredibly core to this experience. It is how something adapts or interprets music that makes it work. To take your analogy, a dance performance will be drastically different if they are dancing to Beethoven versus if they are dancing to Motorhead. It changes everything! And without...

Wow, this whole argument brings back memories. I remember people up in arms around the game Dear Esther, about whether or not it was a "game" enough, to be a game. Same goes for when TellTale's The Walking Dead was first making the rounds. Games like this are all spectacle, story, and vibes...

So I just finished the school level, and yeah, I have to admit, there was one moment that was really good. It was pitch black, the whole area was covered in blood and corpses, the lights were strobing, there were ghosts everywhere, Alma was constantly disappearing and reappearing in the corner...

If want an extra idea of just how much "of the times" that is, on the Xbox 360 and PS3 version of the game, if you remember the old "Online Pass" fiasco to try to discourage second hand game sales? The "online pass" content of The Saboteur was actually extra nudity in the game (as well as a...

Im currently playing FEAR 2, which has been sat on my backlog for quite some time. I recall playing FEAR 1 a few years ago, probably around COVID. Quite controversially, I did not like that game very much. Namely, I was quite tired out by the fact that seemingly the whole game takes place in...

Halo Infinite (at least in its campaign) bins all of the Spartan abilities from Halo 5 (Spartan Charge, Ground Pound) etc, and beneficial ADS. In exchange, you gain permanent access to a bunch of equipment (namely the grapple hook), which is an incredible amount of fun, and is the first thing...

I've been playing Planet Crafter, which is one of those Survival (but not really) Crafting games. You're dropped on a barren planet, with the vaguest instructions to terraform the place, and off you go. Its a cute premise, but its just A) very, very slow, and B) not particularly rewarding...

Suki appears in the opening of Korra alongside the rest of the team, but I don't think she gets brought up again. Sokka has his flashback in Book 1 alongside Toph and Aang, I believe he also has a statue in Book 2, and gets name-dropped in Book 3, IIRC. I thought with Suki, she'd be getting a...

I watched the leaked Avatar: Aang, The Last Airbender movie. To address the leak: man, I feel bad for these guys. Going from a theatrical release, to getting released on streaming only, to getting leaked six months before release? Avatar really can't catch a break, can they? IIRC, Korra went...

Finished Mechanicus. I don't normally approach games trying to optimise the fun out of them, or uncover some kind of hidden strategy to cheese the game's mechanics, but in Mechanicus that was just so easy. Once you kit out all of your techpriests with stealth items (which are incredibly...

I'm playing Warhammer 40K Mechanicus Its a fun little turn-based tactics game, where you play as the Adeptus Mechanicus, versus the Necrons on their home turf. I'm about half way through, and its been enjoyable, but I think I am ready to be done with it. I'm playing on Hard, and whilst the...

This was the Remaster, believe it or not. Apparently the original game is more stable, but by the time I actually looked into it, I was about 80% of the way through the game.

I just finished replaying BioShock 1, after reading the tie-in prequel novel. For the novel, it was exploring the building of Rapture, its early days, its best days, and then eventually its downfall. Though it was quite striking after playing the actual game, how many of the book's most...

So whatever this is doing to the characters looks fucking horrendous Its just "designed by fans"ing every character