Gollum offends me. It’s not the bugs, and thankfully the launch version of the game is less buggy than the review build that vexed other critics (though it still has bugs). It’s also not because of the less-than-AAA presentation that some have been complaining about. It looks good for a…
Read MoreReview by Matt S. I am so torn with this remake of The Legend of Zelda: Link’s Awakening. On the one hand, it is, functionally, the same experience that defined my favourite Zelda game of all time. On the other… I freaking hate this game. Just as I hate what…
Read MoreReview by Matt S. I’m all for game developers and publishers bringing back the more obscure older titles for re-release on modern console. Games that perhaps didn’t get a fair outing the first time can be “discovered” by people a second time around, or games that proved to be influential…
Read MoreReview by Harvard L. I like to believe there was a collective feeling of apprehension in the audience at E3 when Days Gone was first announced. The game’s elevator pitch is simple. Zombie apocalypse. Open World. Motorcycles. A PS4 exclusive by a Sony in-house studio based in Bend, Oregon, in…
Read MoreReview by Matt C. Nostalgia-bait is all the rage at the moment, across seemingly every medium. From Stranger Things to that Ghostbusters reboot to all those NES-style retro platformers at keep popping up, there’s this fixation on ’80s pop culture. When those references work in concert with the narrative to…
Read MoreNews by Lindsay M. It is not an exaggeration to say that Boyfriend Dungeon is one of the most creative, unique titles I’ve ever had the pleasure of writing about. In the game, you fight your way through.a dungeon — totally normal, right? It sure it, until you add in…
Read MoreReview by Pierre-Yves L. Having originally, and successfully, released on the PlayStation 4 and the Xbox One back in January, the PC version of the latest Monster Hunter is now here. Having been very well received by fans and critics alike, Capcom has taken the time to get the PC…
Read MoreReview by Brad L. God of War has been one of those series that I just could not get into. With previous games, despite offering fast-paced action akin to what makes PlatinumGames titles so special, I couldn’t relate to the narratives whatsoever. Kratos was painted as a tough, merciless character,…
Read MoreReview by Matt S. At the end of the Middle Ages, leprosy disappeared from the Western world. In the margins of the community, at the gates of cities, there stretched wastelands which sickness had ceased to haunt but had left sterile and long uninhabitable. – Michel Foucault, Madness and Civilization…
Read MoreReview by Clark A. The word “oasis” carries such passionate connotations that its definition extends beyond the literal term for a fertile water source within a desert. This secondary meaning pertains to the abstract idea of a haven; a place of refuge from an oppressive force. Native English speakers often…
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