By Isaac Smith When I picked up The Binding of Isaac, the first expansion, The Wrath of the Lamb, had just come out. I was vaguely aware of the game’s completionist achievement, “Real Platinum God”, but had no idea what it entailed or how to get it. I was a noob, and I died […]
Category Archives: Commentary
Every Steven Spielberg Movie Ranked Worst to Best
By Marshall Garvey Of the hundreds upon thousands who have sat in the director’s chair, few, if any, can claim a filmography as rich and varied as that of Steven Allan Spielberg. While known primarily as the architect of the summer blockbuster, a thorough dive into his body of work shows he’s just as adept […]
Microtransaction Mishaps – Horse Armor (“Oblivion”)
By Marshall Garvey “Microtransaction” seems more and more like a dirty word in gaming these days. All too frequently, the headlines are dominated by the latest news of companies swindling consumers, or releasing incomplete games that will lazily be patched in with overpriced DLC later on. We’ve discussed some of the worst recent cases in […]
Presenting Spielberg Month!
By Marshall Garvey Steven Spielberg is admittedly an odd, yet ultimately fitting, choice to emphasize for a gaming site. His history with video games is complicated, and more often than not, pretty underwhelming. As we all know, the go-to choice for worst game ever made is E.T. for Atari 2600, the hilariously rushed attempt to […]
My Experience Working in QA
By Brian McKelvey I would like to start by addressing the Kung Fu Monkey in the room. The film Grandma’s Boy (shown above in the feature image) gets 99% of QA right. From some very strange workmates, immature antics, video game contests, and the look of the workspace, it is spot on. The only part that […]
“Getting Over It” could really be about learning to live with a disability
by Isaac Smith (Disclaimer: I have never suffered from a disability and only know what I have seen, read, and been told by people who do. Please don’t deride me for discussing Getting Over It in this context, though please do educate me if I put forth any misconceptions about it.) Bennett Foddy does not […]
Rage Quit! Games We Gave Up On
By Jake Rushing and Marshall Garvey The rage quit: We’ve all done it. Let’s face it, rage quitting is just a part of gaming, like playing Mario as a kid and EA being a soulless corporate behemoth that makes shitty games. It’s a byproduct of our passion, really. We care so much about the game […]
The Summer of the Platformer
by Isaac Smith This summer, I was fortunate enough to spend a few hours here and there exploring some games I hadn’t played before. Not as many as I’d like, of course! By and large, I was playing platformers. The lofty platformer is one of my favorite genres, behind sandbox games and RPGs. There have been plenty […]
The Thrill of Beating an Impossible Battle
What is it about an impossible battle or insane boss fight that thrills us? It’s almost masochistic in a way. We fight, we lose. We get up, stretch, grab a Coke and try again. And die. Then we die some more. We start foaming at the mouth, raving and cursing at a computer program for […]
What We’re Playing This Week – California Floods Edition
Real life comes first, especially when an emergency situation pops up however a good game after it is certainly how we like to calm our nerves like many do. Though as gamers are we more mentally prepared for emergencies? I’d hope it helps a little bit but thankfully we don’t have to deal with wizards […]