I reviewed Nintendo Switch 2 Welcome Tour, a glorified user manual that costs $10. A premium demo. A tutorial you pay for. Nintendo's reached new heights of audacity and sunk to a new low.
2025-06-08 17:40:55 +0000 UTC View Post
We got there.
Games we played this week include:
(0:08:45) Elden Ring Nightreign
(0:29:45) Clair Obscur: Expedition 33
(0:37:55) Dig Dig Dino
(0:42:40) Fulcrum Defenders
(0:42...
It's Reyn time! Show me what you've got! Sumfink a bit meatier! A bit o' poison on my blade, and let's go! The games, they keep on talking, and yet they've nothing to say. We need more settings tha...
2025-06-02 16:06:49 +0000 UTC View Post
I reviewed Fantasy Life i: The Girl Who Steals Time. I had some pleasant fun, but with MANY caveats. Its central premise basically fragments the functionality of an average RPG protagonist, pushing...
2025-06-01 16:56:00 +0000 UTC View Post
NOTE: due to SoundCloud sneakily granting itself permission to plagiarize all uploaded content for AI training/laundering, the show is now hosted on Podbean. Apologies if this is in any way an inco...
2025-05-30 09:49:23 +0000 UTC View Post
I reviewed the remaster of Onimusha 2: Samurai's Destiny. I have a ton of nostalgia for this one, and while the remaster itself isn't lavish, the game still holds up tremendously. Also, it has Goga...
2025-05-28 11:49:37 +0000 UTC View Post
It's looking like an $80 base price for mainstream games is inevitable, and companies are readying the propaganda machine to justify it. One CEO, however, was accidentally honest about the whole th...
2025-05-26 14:29:41 +0000 UTC View Post
Why waste time?
Games we played this week include:
Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 (16:25)
Deep Rock Galactic (18:15)
Zexion (23:25)
Tainted Grail: The Fall of Avalon (33:10)
Witho...
I reviewed Tainted Grail: The Fall of Avalon! A shameless replica of The Elder Scrolls, it even copied a litany of bugs. It's archaic. It's broken. I grew strangely fond of it, and I like it despit...
2025-05-22 15:36:03 +0000 UTC View Post
They're paid millions. They get bonuses. They are bums.
Go boom.
Games we played this week include:
Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 (6:15)
The Blue Prince (21:50)
MEDIUM-NAUT (29:20)
The Midnight Walk (37:20)
Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoni...
This isn't just another Clair Obscur video. That game just happens to be very inspirational. Anyway, we're talking about so-called Game Breakers today, and why busting a game wide open is awesome. ...
2025-05-12 13:55:51 +0000 UTC View Post
It’s never gone wrong before.
Games we played this week include:
Wordatro (7:30)
Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 (16:25)
Nunholy (42:10)
1000xRESIST (44:45)
Observer (47:20)
Last week I couldn't play Clair Obscur: Expedition 33. This week I can play Clair Obscur: Expedition 33. Case closed, right? I just demonstrated that anybody can "git gud" if they struggle for long...
2025-05-05 12:44:03 +0000 UTC View Post
I reviewed Days Gone Remastered. I love this game, but not for any reason the game intended. The remaster is just Days Gone all over again, as safe and easy as it ever was.
2025-05-02 12:41:47 +0000 UTC View Post
Risk and reward
Games we played this week include:
Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 (7:15)
Nunholy (35:55)
1000xRESIST (43:50)
Days Gone (49:50)
Bayonetta (1:02:15)
Radiata Stori...
If games have "filter points" that turn players off - skill checks such as tough bosses - should that filter not come before a game is bought? Anyway, I come up with the case for the Filter Demo(tm...
2025-04-28 14:11:46 +0000 UTC View Post
Ignorance really was bliss.
Games we played this week include:
Creepy Redneck Dinosaur Mansion 3 (4:30)
Prince of Prussia (10:45)
Two Point Museum (17:00)
Bokura Planet (22:45)
A video about remasters, misunderstanding the context of aesthetics, and making games look far too clean.
2025-04-21 16:37:10 +0000 UTC View Post
Keep 'em gelled!
Games we played this week include:
Mario Kart World (21:20)
Metroid Prime 4 (24:25)
Look Outside (30:10)
Two Point Museum (43:15)
Drag x Drive (46:45)
Donke...
I reviewed the Croc: Legend Of The Gobbos remaster. I was never all that fond of the original, and the remaster makes it clear why. It also provides an example of a game that looks worse for lookin...
2025-04-16 17:25:42 +0000 UTC View Post
Two Point Museum is my latest obsession, and while I'd take any excuse to talk about it, I actually have a very good reason. Games are getting pricier while offering less value, yet along comes Two...
2025-04-14 16:20:59 +0000 UTC View Post
I reviewed Atomfall! A potentially great game hamstrung by decisions that undermine what it specifically tries to be. Also, it caused me very real physical pain. Oh dear!
2025-04-12 12:36:45 +0000 UTC View Post
I know I'll catch heat for refusing to let Nintendo off the hook for this one, but I am not accepting tariffs as an excuse for normalizing a price hike that publishers have literally been looking f...
2025-04-07 14:31:44 +0000 UTC View Post
I reviewed Xenoblade Chronicles X: Definitive Edition! At last. I love so much about this game, but revisiting it has given me plenty to hate as well. It's such a fun romp, and such a spiteful litt...
2025-04-05 13:42:59 +0000 UTC View Post
It’s a choice.
Games we played this week include:
Atomfall (9:10)
Abiotic Factor (21:00)
Batman Forever (26:30)
NOTE: The video is back up after some re-edits!
Did you know the Nemesis System from Shadow of Mordor was developed to combat the perceived scourge of used games? Warner Bros. is very sil...
I reviewed Suikoden I & II HD Remaster! Took me bloody ages, too. Anyway, it's a pair of classics that are still really good, even if the remaster could and should have done more for them.
2025-03-28 18:26:46 +0000 UTC View Post
Even the worst people do the right thing sometimes.
Games we played this week include:
Assassin’s Creed Shadows (8:55)
Wanderstop (14:05)
Xenoblade Chronicles X (17:05)
Xbox Ada...
Xenoblade Chronicles X is a great game, but it's an even greater example of a terrible design misconception some games perpetuate. It conflates unpredictability so strongly with cheap ambushes that...
2025-03-24 19:44:18 +0000 UTC View Post