If there’s something that drives me absolutely batty as a Dark Souls fan, it’s all the hardcore fans who bleat about what is or isn’t cheating in the game. I’ve written about this before, but I’m doubly annoyed as we make our way to the release of Elden Ring. Here are just some of the… Continue Reading
I’m grateful to be alive. Ever since dying twice and coming back (twice!), I’ve been supremely aware of my mortality. When I first woke up in the hospital after a week of being unconscious, I spent a lot of time just being grateful to be alive and marveling over the little things. The ice water… Continue Reading
Every time there’s a new FromSoft game, I do a dance that I call–well, I don’t call it anything. I just do it quietly and to myself. Well, I bitch about it on social media, but that’s about it. And talk about it with Ian, but that’s really it. It’s the dance of deciding how… Continue Reading
I have not played Monster Hunter Rise (Capcom) today and I’m pretty sure I’m done. I have no desire to play it, which is a pretty drastic change for me because I was all about it just yesterday. Even then, though, the bloom was off the rose. Truly, I jumped into it enthusiastically, charmed by… Continue Reading
I was really digging Monster Hunter Rise (Capcom), pouring hours into it as I had into Monster Hunter World, the previous iteration. i was zipping through the village quests at a speed that surprised me because in MHW, I took my time and did quests over and over again to make armor and weapons. And,… Continue Reading
So I’ve been playing a shit ton of Monster Hunter: Rise (Capcom) and it’s highly addictive. In my last post, I wrote about some of the issues I have with the game. However, over all, it’s very much a popcorn game. Meaning, I want to glut myself on it even though it has no emotional/nutritional… Continue Reading
2021 sucked and I cannot see the backend of it soon enough. Now, to be fair, I came back from the dead twice–which is a good thing. The fact that I’m going to see 2022 is a plus in and of itself. I made this observation soon after exiting the hospital. Before my medical trauma,… Continue Reading
All right. We’re at the end of the year (nearly) and at the end of my award posts (nearly). I have three awards left to give (nearly) in a year that defies definition. The fact that I am here to write this is amazing in and of itself. I can’t overemphasize this point enough–I should… Continue Reading
I was watching The Game Awards with Geoff Keighley last night and was keenly interested to see how Keighley would address the Blizzard Activision bullshit seeing as asshole Bobby Kotich is on–wait. He’s CEO Bobby Kotich and the president is Rob Kostich. Until this very moment, I thought they were the same person. Anyway, it’s… Continue Reading
I love the Souls games. I’m sure I’ve said that a time or a hundred, but it bears repeating. One thing I love about the games is that no matter how many times I’ve played them, they are still capable of surprising me. For example, I’m shadowing Ian in Dark Souls (my character is doing… Continue Reading