I have a strange fascination with the “meta-horror” sub genre as of late. It is one thing to scare the player by having big freaky monsters jump out at them from behind the bushes and go “OOGEDY BOOGEDY BOOGOLY,” but it’s another to use the player’s connection to something from their childhood to hit them …
Lord of Magna: Maiden Heaven (3DS): As Dull as an SRPG Can Get (Detailed Review)
It is titles like Lord of Magna: Maiden Heaven that helps me truly appreciate the work that niche publishers like XSeed put into their localizations. I do not say this because I enjoyed Lord of Magna, as I honestly found it rather bland, but more so because it shows they care for the genre as …
I Have No Mouth, and I Must Scream (PC): A Horror Masterpiece (Detailed Review)
I Have No Mouth and I Must Scream was a game that absolutely floored me with how great it was. This game excels in just about every category of what a game should be. The writing and tone of this game is the kind that goes beyond what is typically expected of games and is …
Detailed Review: South Park: The Stick of Truth (PS3/PS4/360/XONE/Switch/PC)
Trigger Warning: This review contains references to racism, anti-semitism, and forced cross dressing. The game itself contains depictions of the above in addition to gore, nudity, scatology, sodomy, abortions (performed on a man), miscarriages, and Nazis (of the zombie variety). Just looking at the creation process of South Park: The Stick of Truth, it is …
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Site Progress and Personal Update: August 2017
To think that I have been going for three months now, or at least two and a half as I only really started about halfway into May. Anyway, there have been a few pretty big milestones that have happened throughout the month of July, and I will get to them shortly; but first there’s the …
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Introducing: The Guardian Acorn.
This is my new blog for game reviews and coverage, in addition to other subjects when I feel they are relevant.