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Having a baby in Cayne’s universe is a real life-changer
I’m a big fan of free, standalone tie-in experiences, not simply because they are free. Some examples that instantly come to mind are Lost Constellation and Longest Night for the quickly upcoming Night in the Woods, the demo for Bravely … Continue reading
Posted in entertainment, impressions, videogames
Tagged adventure, Beautiful Desolation, Cayne, free, GOG, Hadley, horror, isometric, point and click, puzzles, science fiction, Stasis, Steam, The Brotherhood
2017 Game Review Haiku, #18 – Overcursed
Ghost-hunter hired Begins with points, clicks, outlets Ends on massacre – I can’t believe I’m still doing this. I can’t believe I’ll ever stop. These game summaries in chunks of five, seven, and five syllable lines paint pictures in the … Continue reading
Posted in 2017 completed games, entertainment, haiku review, videogames
Tagged adventure, Asylum Jam, browser, Florent Juchniewicz, freeware, game jams, ghosts, haiku, haikus, indie, Overcursed, Pietro Ferrantelli, poetry, point and click
The name of the game I could never remember is Swagman
It’s a weekend afternoon, over at least a decade ago, and I’m in a bookstore. I don’t have anything in particular in mind, but I’m the sort that loves to wander aimlessly in these kinds of spaces, to tilt my … Continue reading
Posted in entertainment, musings, playstation 1, randomness, videogames
Tagged action platformer, adventure, Core Design, Dreammash, dreams, Eidos Interactive, Paradise Falls, Square Enix, strategy, Swagman
You kind of control a pond’s ecosystem in Among Ripples
One of my goals for 2017 is to chip away at my Steam library, and I’m using HowLongToBeat to help me determine where to start. Certainly not with Crusader Kings II, which the site claims is around 175 hours in … Continue reading
Posted in entertainment, musings, videogames
Tagged Among Ripples, casual, casual gaming, Eat Create Sleep, free-to-play, management simulator, otters, simulation, Steam
Grinding Down’s 2017 gaming resolutions
This is always dangerous, making promises. I’ve done it in the past here on Grinding Down, only to burn myself and those written words when it, for instance, ultimately, took many more years for me to beat Final Fantasy IX. … Continue reading
Posted in entertainment, five things make a post, life, lists, musings, playstation 2, playstation 3, randomness, SNES, update, videogames, wii u, wishlist, xbox 360, xbox one
Tagged 108 Stars of Destiny, 2017 resolutions, backlog, Dragon Age: Inquisition, Earthbound, gamerscore, goals, Grinding Down, interactive fiction, resolutions, Steam, Suikoden III, twine
The Top 10 Videogames I Didn’t Get to Play in 2016
2016 is certainly a tough year to summarize. When I really sit and think about it, several things flash before my eyes, many of which I wouldn’t describe as good. I’m not going to name them. They don’t need naming, and … Continue reading
Posted in entertainment, lists, musings, playstation 4, videogames, xbox one
Tagged Deus Ex: Mankind Divided, DOOM, Dragon Quest Builders, Firewatch, Hitman, Inside, No Man's Sky, Oxenfree, Samorost 3, The Witness
Learning about gross insects with Aniscience’s help
As a young boy in a public school on the East Coast in southern New Jersey, I had my standard fill of edutainment games, such as The Oregon Trail and Where in the World is Carmen Sandiego?. These were interactive … Continue reading
Posted in entertainment, impressions, musings, randomness, videogames
Tagged adventure, Aniscience, Circus Atos, education, edutainment, facts, insects, nature, point and click, science, The Oregon Trail
Rescuing a village of emotional fruit people is just what you do in Karambola
Here’s a funny coincidence: I played Karambola, and then, the next day, ate some carambola, for the first time, as part of a fruit salad when visiting family for babies and a BBQ. I found the starfruit to be quite … Continue reading
Posted in artwork, entertainment, first impressions, food, impressions, interview, just beat, links, music, musings, randomness, videogames
Tagged adventure, Agata Nawrot, artwork, browser, carambola, food, fruit, Holy Pangolin Studio, Karambola, music, point and click, Samarost 3, starfruit
Sherlock Holmes: Crimes & Punishments is a crime, my punishment
I’ve seen one episode of the much lauded and Cumberbatch-starring Sherlock crime drama series, and even then I think I fell asleep towards the end of it. It wasn’t from total boredom, I swear. See, going into it, I wasn’t aware … Continue reading
You’ll never take this 60,000 Gamerscore away from me
It was only a couple of months ago that I was touting my latest small victory, of hitting a Gamerscore of 55,555 perfectly on the dot. Now, over my years of gaming since gaining an Xbox 360 and loving the quest of … Continue reading
