Guardians of the Galaxy | Backlog Review

Guardians of the Galaxy became one of my favorite entries in the MCU with their theatrical debut back in 2014. It was just a fun time with an engaging style that incorporated down-on-their-luck heroes, an ‘80s soundtrack, and sci-fi roots. It always felt the most interesting of the MCU movies at the time, so when …

Day of the Tentacle | Backlog Review

Double Fine and especially Tim Schafer have me in their grasp right now. After running through the Psychonauts games, I wanted to visit other work that this team has worked on, which led me Day of the Tentacle. This game has always been in my peripheral vision since I had an Xbox 360, but I …

The Gunk Review | It Could Have Been so Much More

Nothing gets me like a good action-adventure platformer, especially one with a realized and beautiful world. So seeing The Gunk recently hyped up on social media, I needed to go out and try it. Luckily, it’s available on Game Pass, so I was able to snag it up easily.  However, how does this tale of …

The Outer Worlds on Switch | Backlog Review

The moment that The Outer Worlds was announced, I was hooked. A sci-fi RPG where you explore different planets and space stations and run into cooky characters that may or may not try to get you to try some corporate fish in a can? It seems to combine No Man’s Sky with the Fallout series …

The Artful Escape | Backlog Review

There are times that I will download a game with the full intention of only grabbing all the achievements and turning it off again. I had every intention of The Artful Escape being a quick once-and-done achievement run but the game surprised me in more ways than one. It was a rock opera coming-of-age story …

Revisiting Pokemon Snap | An Overlooked Gem of the ’90s

I remember going to Blockbuster as a kid and seeing the N64 they had in their lobby. Often, I would try and get a few rounds of something in before I was carted back home and sent to bed so my parents could watch a movie without me. However, one day it all became Pokemon …

Revisiting Super Mario 64 | Not as Super as I Remember

I never owned Mario 64 as a kid. I could only play snippets whenever I visited my uncle, so it took quite a while to get a full playthrough completed. I remember running through the fields of Bob-Omb Battlefield and shooting myself through the canon, and having a great time. It was such an immersive …

Resident Evil 7: Biohazard | Backlog Review

Resident Evil 6 left a sour taste in a lot of people’s mouths, and besides a few ports and handheld spin-offs, the series had been quiet for a long time. That is until Capcom announced the next iteration in the iconic series with Resident Evil 7: Biohazard. A Resident Evil they claimed was returning to …

Dishonored: The Death of the Outsider | Backlog Review

To finish out stealth month, I visit a game that I had no idea even existed, Dishonored: The Death of the Outsider. I had heard something along the lines that the Dishonored franchise had really fun DLC but I didn’t know the latest one was its own expansion.  As you can imagine, I was pretty …

Revisiting Dishonored | A Great Introduction to Stealth

There are few games that can capture that feeling of being a predator stalking its prey, quite like Dishonored. While not my first experience with stealth games, it was the first one that made me see how open-ended they could be when they were done correctly. Experimentation, trial and error, and exploration should be key …