The first memorable thing that happens in Dying Light, for me, is that in this fictional universe the best idea a humanitarian group had for distributing lifesaving medication and supplies, is a supply drop in the middle of Harran. Let that sink in for little while; the best way a humanitarian organization thought of to […]
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All video games are puzzle games, if you see them from a certain perspective; my definition of a puzzle is that you’re presented with a clearly defined set of rules which are meant to be followed—or broken in an equally defined and predictable way—in order to reach a valid or acceptable end state. They are […]
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Apex Legends and Tetris 99
Ever since “PUBG” exploded into the scene, I was pretty disinterested in the genre; Kinji Fukasaku’s “Battle Royale” is one of my favorite movies, not only because of the concept, but of what he explores through that concept, such as the brutal competition bred into younger generations by older ones who have seen and done […]
I was contemplating whether I should talk about ROTOD before next week’s end of the year article; I have not finished ROTOD yet, and there’s a chance I won’t finish it before that article, yet it is one of my favorite games of the year. So, I wrote an article for GRIS instead and was […]
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The O.D. on Games: GRIS
For the last O.D. of the year, ROW checks out one of the standout games of the year for him: GRIS, from newly formed NOMADA studio, published by Devolver Digital. GRIS is just one of those games. An artistic vision that some people will just love its particular art style, story, and mechanics, which will […]
Featuring F.A.C. on 11-11: Memories Retold, The Shapeshifting Detective, and Thief of Thieves: Season One. For this week’s O.D. on Games, ROW will discuss three games he recently played in the ‘F.A.C. game reviews’ mold—F.A.C. standing for Fast And Concise—as the owls are hard at work trying to finish up loose ends before the end […]
A Wild West Story ROW: This week we’re talking about the story of RDR2 (no major discussion though, so you should be good in regards to spoilers) and the story missions; first though, we’re talking a bit about some of the systems we didn’t mention in the first part. ND: Specifically, we’re talking leveling up […]
Rulerofowls and Nathan Drowl are finally ready to discuss Red Dead Redemption 2 (RDR2) in the first part of the O.D. on Games: Red Dead Redemption 2 articles. For this 1st part, ROW and ND will be discussing several aspects of the gameplay, without delving into story spoilers, in a segment titled “The beautiful frustrating […]
Rulerofowls and Nathan Drowl cross paths in the lunch room and discuss this week’s gaming activities and what has eaten up their time: ND: Hey ROW, made any progress on the RDR2 article? ROW: Yep! I have a pretty good idea of what the article will be and need a bit more time with the […]
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The O.D. on Games: Wandersong
The assessment committee—consisting of one owl—was presented today with the case of Wandersong, which released on the 27th of September on the Nintendo Switch and PC. The game was played for roughly 13 hours by the Rulerofowls on the Nintendo Switch, finishing the game once and finding lots of secrets with a couple left behind […]
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