Video Games

What Is/Was/Will Be Giant Bomb, Anyway?

I’m gonna be honest: I was hoping Giant Bomb would ride off into the sunset. A quick recap for anyone who doesn’t keep up with video game journalism: Industry staple Giant Bomb, founded in 2008 by ex-GameSpot writers as a sort of punk-rock alternative to the grind of reviewing everything a 7/10, received orders from […]

Video Games

Six Miscellaneous Game Reviews

I’m a fan of the website Backloggd, a Letterboxd-like for tracking and reviewing video games. My Backloggd profile isn’t as complete as my Letterboxd as far as statistics goes; I find the logging system just a little too convoluted and the database just a little too messy. Still, when I update that I beat a […]

Video Games

My Games of 2023

I didn’t play Tears of the Kingdom and I’m tired of starting these posts this way.The new Zelda is by all accounts a masterpiece, an enhancement of everything great about the previous one with new sandbox mechanics seemingly made to be shared on social media. I don’t doubt my friends when they rave about it. […]

Video Games

My Top Games of 2022 of 2022

This started as a top X video games post, like I used to do when I played video games regularly. I like to do these write-ups regardless of how much I have to say about new releases. It’s tradition at this point, sure, but mainly I find it valuable to organize my thoughts about video […]