Remastering the remaster
Remasters and remakes are absolutely everywhere. They provide us with a romantic whimsical feeling that can only be described as nostalgia, which a lot of games crave as they grow older. We saw 2017...
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BDTB: Starcraft 2: Wings of Liberty
In this week’s Breaking Down the Backlog, I took charge of a group rebels and fought back against two corrupt leaders. I don’t think I have played a Real-time Strategy game in an exceedingly...
A Final Fantasy Retrospective: Final Fantasy XIII-2 (PlayStation 3)
SPOILERS ahead. For better or worse, Final Fantasy XIII was a massive hit upon its worldwide release in March 2010. By the middle of that month, it had racked up a cumulative five million...
Breaking Down the Backlog: Dead Space
In this week’s Breaking Down the Backlog, I tactically dismembered hundreds of aliens with mining equipment and was scared to death. Dead Space is an interesting game to play. It was first released back in...
A Final Fantasy Retrospective: Final Fantasy XIII (PlayStation 3)
SPOILERS ahead. When Hironobu Sakaguchi left Square-Enix in 2003, it left a gaping hole at the core of Final Fantasy. Not only was Sakaguchi the creator of the series, his indelible influence was felt...
Breaking Down the Backlog – Renegade Ops
I eased myself into 2018 by becoming a renegade and blowing up everything humanly possible. SOMETIMES you just want to shoot people and watch stuff explode. Renegade Ops does both those things with aplomb....
A Final Fantasy Retrospective: Final Fantasy XII (PlayStation 2)
A QUICK note: The images you’ll see are taken from both the original 2006 version and the 2017 Zodiac Age re-release. If you see any UI/HUD changes etc, that’ll be why. Also, as always:...
Breaking Down the Backlog: Bayonetta 2
In this week’s Breaking Down The Backlog…I have no idea what I did, but it was awesome. I didn’t think Bayonetta could be topped. Its combat was so tight and the entire presentation so...
A Final Fantasy Retrospective: Final Fantasy XI (PC)
A NOTE before we begin: FFXI is an MMORPG and thus impossible to truly complete. All I can offer is a write-up of my own experience, as comparatively brief as it ended up being....
A Final Fantasy Retrospective: Final Fantasy X-2 (PlayStation 2)
SPOILERS ahead. It’s showtime, girls. Final Fantasy X-2 is not an aberration. Since it’s no longer the only direct sequel to a Final Fantasy game, it cannot be classed as such. But let’s not...
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