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Nov 15

Like A Dragon Gaiden: The Game That Erased Some DLC

This piece includes discussion of major plot points from Yakuza 6: The Song of Life, Yakuza: Like A Dragon and Like A Dragon: Gaiden. We could have just told of Kiryu’s past through a thirty-minute interlude as part of Like a Dragon 8, but we decided it would be a…

Videogames

10 min read

Like A Dragon Gaiden: The Game That Erased Some DLC
Like A Dragon Gaiden: The Game That Erased Some DLC
Videogames

10 min read


Nov 13

Game Grumps Wind Waker Series 10th Anniversary: 10 Years of Unfinished Business

Disclaimer: I am not an employee or a representative of Game Grumps, all views and opinions presented in this piece are my own. The 10th anniversary movie edit of the Game Grumps The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker playthrough, which you may or may not have just watched, is…

Zelda

13 min read

Game Grumps Wind Waker S10th Anniversary: 10 Years of Unfinished Business
Game Grumps Wind Waker S10th Anniversary: 10 Years of Unfinished Business
Zelda

13 min read


Aug 17, 2021

The Great Ace Attorney Chronicles provides the best Sherlock Holmes ever

Note: in the English version of this game the localisation team skirted around potential legal issues by going for name “Herlock Sholmes” in reference to the Arséne Lupin stories, however in the original Japanese text the character is unambiguously referred to as “Sherlock Holmes” so this piece uses that name…

Gaming

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The Great Ace Attorney Chronicles provides the best Sherlock Holmes ever
The Great Ace Attorney Chronicles provides the best Sherlock Holmes ever
Gaming

8 min read


Feb 22, 2021

WWE Elimination Chamber 2021 Reaction: Confusing, Self-Defeating Booking

Since I (temporarily (maybe)) deactivated my Twitter account for my own sanity I’m jam packed and ready to burst with wrestle thoughts. …

Elimination Chamber

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WWE Elimination Chamber 2021 Reaction: Confusing, Self-Defeating Booking
WWE Elimination Chamber 2021 Reaction: Confusing, Self-Defeating Booking
Elimination Chamber

7 min read


Oct 1, 2020

Super Mario Galaxy — Nintendo’s Claustrophobic Cosmic Corridor

We must begin, as any good retrospective piece in 2020 should, with an apology to the Nintendo Wii. Despite over a decade of near universal critical praise I have been unable to enjoy Super Mario Galaxy, and for the longest time I assumed this was a symptom of jerkitude towards…

Review

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Super Mario Galaxy — Nintendo’s Claustrophobic Cosmic Corridor
Super Mario Galaxy — Nintendo’s Claustrophobic Cosmic Corridor
Review

14 min read


Jul 15, 2020

Jank or No Jank, Deadly Premonition 2 is the Boring Kind of Bad

As a standalone game Deadly Premonition 2: A Blessing in Disguise has no artistic merit or purpose. Apologies if that’s too sharp of a right hook for an opening sentence, but it’s impossible to write a worthwhile piece about Deadly Premonition 2 without endless comparisons to Deadly Premonition. It’s the…

Deadly Premonition 2

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Jank or No Jank, Deadly Premonition 2 is the Boring Kind of Bad
Jank or No Jank, Deadly Premonition 2 is the Boring Kind of Bad
Deadly Premonition 2

19 min read


May 1, 2020

Please Don’t Ask Me For My Nioh 2 Takes

Games can be intimidating, thinking about them can be exhausting and daring to commit to a printed opinion about a work as dense as Nioh 2 feels akin to offering a reach around to a cliff edge. This may be an intellectually worthless position to hold, but I can’t shake…

Nioh 2

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Please Don’t Ask Me For My Nioh 2 Takes
Please Don’t Ask Me For My Nioh 2 Takes
Nioh 2

6 min read


Feb 21, 2019

Crackdown 3 and the Power of Context

Crackdown 3 is destined to be in 2019’s end of year roundup conversations, albeit only in the context of “wait that was this year!?” Afters years of doubt and feared cancellation Microsoft’s haunted exclusive has finally flopped its way onto store shelves and…most people either hate it or don’t care…

Gaming

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Crackdown 3 and the Power of Context
Crackdown 3 and the Power of Context
Gaming

10 min read


Dec 30, 2018

100 Words on Every 2018 Game Release I Played

It’s that time of year once again where everyone has a good time putting together their easy-to-write and easier-to-promote “Game of the Year” lists and I have a big sulk about the whole concept. Ranking any media released locally in your part of world during an arbitrary 12 month period…

Videogames

17 min read

100 Words on Every 2018 Game Release I Played
100 Words on Every 2018 Game Release I Played
Videogames

17 min read


Nov 23, 2018

Red Dead Redemption 2’s Superficial Beauty Exposes the Ugliness of Videogames

This post contains end-game spoilers. Red Dead Redemption 2 made me feel sorry for videogame journalists. Imagine absorbing weeks of excitable previews, interviews and speculation pieces cheerfully dissecting and bragging about Red Dead Redemption 2’s 60-hour campaign, map size and the bizarre (sometimes horse testicle related) details and knowing that you’re only going to have…

Videogames

11 min read

Red Dead Redemption 2’s Superficial Beauty Exposes  the Ugliness of Videogames
Red Dead Redemption 2’s Superficial Beauty Exposes  the Ugliness of Videogames
Videogames

11 min read

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