It’s late on a Saturday and I’ve got a rant essay cooking but needs more time to really give it its due and it’s late on a Saturday and I don’t want to rush it, so in the meantime, here’s this one. Destiny 2 now has fishing. It’s one of the new activities this Season… Continue reading Fishing (Virtually) (In Space)
Tag: Video Games
Jedi Fantasy
I wasn’t super impressed with Jedi: Fallen Order when it came out a few years back. Sure, it was fun, but it felt clunky. The combat felt like a lesser Dark Souls, but got markedly better when turned down the difficulty — though I felt that the game lost that appeal of being able to… Continue reading Jedi Fantasy
Genre Is Dead, Long Live Genre
Genre is such a weird thing. Don’t get me wrong, I totally get why we need it: sometimes things need to be classified so we have an idea of what we’re getting into, and it helps. Knowing that Halo is a first-person shooter lets you know you’re not playing a role-playing game and calling Portal… Continue reading Genre Is Dead, Long Live Genre
Contradictions
There was a delightful irony to the world of Bionicle that drew me in when the toy line started back in 2001. Here was a tropical, tribal-looking island that drew a lot on Polynesian imagery populated with robots who could wield magical elemental powers. Well, technically biomechanical robots, but there was still this really cool… Continue reading Contradictions
Not Quite Like Riding A Bike
A year after Horizon Forbidden West came out, the game’s finally gotten its DLC. A new chunk of story and adventures, called Burning Shores, was released this week. Owing to general business and the responsibilities of being an adult (with boring things like a job) I haven’t really had the chance to dive into it… Continue reading Not Quite Like Riding A Bike
The Empathy of Us
With the last episode of The Last Of Us having aired last week, it’s been fun to see major media outlets like the New York Times join in on a discussion that’s been happening in the video game world for nearly ten years. We’re going to ignore, for the moment, the Times’ insipid approach to… Continue reading The Empathy of Us
An Extra Life
I finished the Destiny 2: Lightfall campaign today, having more or less taken my time. It was a bit of a narrative mess, and the gameplay itself wavered between incredibly fun and annoyingly frustrating (though weighed much more on the fun side). All the same, I enjoyed it, maybe because it’s more or less what… Continue reading An Extra Life
Play Faster
The new Destiny expansion came out this week which means it’s back to the Destiny grind (haha, just kidding, I never stopped). It’s fun; the major Destiny release means there’s a lot of new stuff to do and big chunk of story to play through. It’s candy for someone like me who really enjoys Destiny,… Continue reading Play Faster
Experimental Fantasy
I did finish Final Fantasy X last week and the game did prove to be quite the trip. It ended well, really well, even if the ending felt like it belonged to a slightly different game than the one I played. The game was a bit of a mess, with a lot of really good… Continue reading Experimental Fantasy
Sick Day
I’ve been laid up for the past few days, and so, sadly, I have not yet finished reading Jacques the Fatalist. So in lieu of putting together a coherent blog post today, I’ll toss out a few things I’ve been enjoying lately. Abbott Elementary This show fills the hole for warm, kind comedies that I… Continue reading Sick Day
Essays, Not Rants! 