Category: Game Night

  • The Potential of Elden Ring

    After two long years of waiting, the first trailer for FromSoftware’s new title, Elden Ring, is finally here! And it didn’t just give us gameplay! It went so far as to give us a release date! The hype train has officially departed the station, ladies and gentlemen! We’ve only gotten two minutes of Elden Ring…

  • Castlevania (NES): An Unforgiving, Unfair Masterpiece

    There are certain games from my childhood that still haunt my nightmares. Not because they were scary, mind you. Because of their brutality. As a small child, being faced with an insurmountable challenge that your tiny mind and smaller hands are incapable of overcoming can be scarring. Like being beaten over the head with a…

  • Games as a Service Make Me Angry. Here’s Why.

    I want you to imagine a scenario really quickly. Don’t worry, there’s a point to this. Just stick with me. You’re a little kid again. Or a teenager. Or however old you were when you played your first video game. Whatever the age, imagine that you’re there again. Now, imagine that someone told you that…

  • Resident Evil Village: Wait, there’s a game attached to this vampire milf?!

    Resident Evil Village: Wait, there’s a game attached to this vampire milf?!

    Everyone lost their shit over vampire milf, only to discover that she only takes up about 20% of the game. Capcom giveth, Capcom taketh away. Resident Evil: Village (or RE8) is a jack of many traits, master of few. As a horror game, it’s only scary about 25% of the time. As an action game,…

  • My Cautious Excitement For Guilty Gear: Strive

    My Cautious Excitement For Guilty Gear: Strive

    Guilty Gear is one of the most underappreciated fighting game franchises out there. It’s been around for about twenty-three years now, but it’s always been mostly under the radar. It’s had a large enough following to keep going, but nothing to blow the world away. It’s always played second fiddle behind the Street Fighters and…