Category: Game Night

  • Metal Gear Solid: Peacewalker is Disappointing

    Metal Gear Solid: Peacewalker is Disappointing

    I would have played Portable Ops for that complete canon. But I’m not gonna find a PSP and a copy of that game just so I can find out how Snake and Kaz met. Playing this game after Snake Eater may have been a mistake. Going from one of the greatest video games of all…

  • Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater is One of the Best Games Ever Made

    Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater is One of the Best Games Ever Made

    Normally, I’d start at the first game in a series when I start a retrospective. But with Metal Gear, I decided to do something a little bit different. Rather than going in release order, I’m going to try doing them in chronological order. Because I’m curious: will doing it in order make the story any…

  • Should Game Overs Exist?

    Let’s rewind the clock a bit. And by a bit, I mean roughly four decades. Its the 1980s. The video game industry is just starting to boom. Arcades are still a booming business. The Atari 2600 has been swept aside by the Nintendo Entertainment System, and games are coming out at a rapid pace. But…

  • South Park The Stick of Truth: Making a TV Show Playable

    South Park The Stick of Truth: Making a TV Show Playable

    South Park is a show that is pretty hard to talk about. It’s a fun show that always gives me a good laugh. But given just how foul it is, and good fucking god that shit is foul, it’s kind of hard to sit down and talk about the series. Especially given that any review…

  • The Best Games of 2021

    Man. This was my year. At least in terms of video games. Most other things were pretty shit. But that’s beside the point. Before we get into it, let’s list off the honorable mentions. These are games that I haven’t finished yet, games I haven’t gotten around to playing that I’m reasonably sure I’d like,…