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That Aquaman Movie

March 7, 2024March 1, 2024 Medic 0 Comments aquaman, dc, movie, random, review

Every week or so, I visit my dad and we watch a movie together. He’s got pretty much everything, Netflix, Amazon Prime, all sorts of streaming services, so there’s plenty of choices to be had. We were going to watch Aquaman 2, but I hadn’t seen Aquaman 1 yet, so we decided to watch that first. And it was an alright movie. I mean, as far as super hero movies go, it was fine. A nice origin story, some changes of heart, the whole becoming a more devoted super hero thing and unlocking more powers, it’s pretty standard. The story… [Continue Reading]

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Should You Play Palworld?

January 22, 2024January 22, 2024 Mazjerai 0 Comments pal world, review, survival

Before I answer the title of this article, I have to make a confession. I don’t like survival games. I get the appeal, particularly the ADHD alluring gameplay loop of collection and checking off lists. Unfortunately, at the core of survival games is the system I most loathe: crafting. However, I decided to give it a try with the promise of gun toting fowl. In principle, it’s a great idea! Who doesn’t want to create and own a piece of the game world? Going on a quest in Dungeons and Dragons to collect fabled ingredients to forge a blade of… [Continue Reading]

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Baldur’s Gate 3 – Review & Recommendation

January 11, 2024December 30, 2023 aabicus 0 Comments baldur's gate 3, bg3, Dungeons & Dragons, dungeons and dragons, early review, recommendation, review, rpg

Baldur’s Gate 3 is getting rave reviews from everyone, sweeping award shows and being called the Best Game of 2023 by multiple publications. And it’s really not hard to see why. Having played it myself, it honestly deserves all the praise it’s getting and it’s easily one of my personal favorite games of all time. 1. Deep Breadth of Content The first thing I noticed upon jumping into this game was how much it had to offer. With 11 races, 12 classes and 46 subclasses, your player character can wield a vast array of different playstyles, backstories, and appearances, and… [Continue Reading]

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sand:box

January 3, 2024December 23, 2023 Medic 0 Comments android, mobile game, review, sandbox

When you’re on a five hour flight, sometimes you need something to pass the time. While, for me, passing the time normally involves writing, drawing and listening to music, sometimes you just want to do something else to pass the time. Something a bit silly. There are hundreds of sandbox games on the Play Store, and I’ve played a few of them. I was surprised a while back that Solar Smash was on Play Store as a free to play game with adverts. Minecraft could also be considered a sandbox game, and originally it had a demo on the Play… [Continue Reading]

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Yokai Watch 2 – So much more than just a Pokemon Clone

November 18, 2023November 7, 2023 Kami 0 Comments game review, monster collecting game, pokemon, review, yokai watch, yokai watch 2

Throughout my video game journey, Pokemon has always been there for me. While I’m by no means a hardcore fan, I’ve played a good number of generations, and even tried shiny hunting a few times, though to little success. One thing that Pokemon seems to have nailed down at this point is its formula. Even Monster collecting games inspired by Pokemon seem to mostly stick to it, after all, it’s been working for years. But there’s one Pokemon-inspired game that vastly shakes up the Gameplay, and, in my Opinion is better than every Mainline Pokemon Game. And that game is… [Continue Reading]

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Return of the Obra Dinn

July 19, 2023July 20, 2023 aabicus 0 Comments mystery, obra dinn, recommendation, retrospective, return of the obra dinn, review, water

I seem to have a habit of abandoning games due to frustration with the core gameplay mechanics, giving it another go 5+ years later, and only then getting completely hooked. It happened with Just Cause 2, World of Warcraft, Stardew Valley, ARK Survival Evolved, and now it’s happened with Return of the Obra Dinn, Lucas Pope’s latest bureaucracy-themed indie game. Set on an 1800s ghost ship that mysteriously returned to dock with none of its passengers or crew aboard, the player controls an insurance inspector who boards the vessel tasked with learning the fates of all 60 missing persons. The core… [Continue Reading]

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Voices From Chernobyl – A Review

July 6, 2023June 26, 2023 Medic 0 Comments book, chernobyl, disaster, review

Some books can find themselves sitting on shelves for years, waiting to be opened and read. Many books end up sitting on shelves and never moving at all, never picked up or read, only jostled about as other books around them are moved. Some books though do eventually get picked up and read, even if they are not exactly enjoyable books. Sometimes, these books are more harrowing than anything else. Voices from Chernobyl is one such book. Put together by Svetlana Alexievich and translated by Keith Gessen, you can tell from the very start that there is little joy to… [Continue Reading]

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Terrorbane – a Review

June 12, 2023June 5, 2023 Medic 0 Comments game, review

The other day, I was supposed to have a gaming horror night, but we didn’t really have anything that scary to play. So we decided to play a normal game. Well, normalish. The boyfriend picked up Terrorbane. Or, to make it a bit more obvious, tERRORbane. This is a fun little pixel RPG game, where there are a lot of errors. The game starts off simple enough, with a conversation with an otherwise nameless video game developer, who calls themselves Dev. This fictional developer has made a cool game called Terrorbane and wants us to play it, but not everything… [Continue Reading]

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Control (2019) Review

February 12, 2023March 14, 2024 aabicus 0 Comments Alan Wake, control, criticism, music, review, shooter

When I bought Control back in 2019, I told myself I wouldn’t release a review until I’d completed the game. This wasn’t an unusual stance for me, as why would I review a game I hadn’t finished? However, 3½ years later and after countless attempts to revive my playthrough after taking multi-month breaks, I’m giving up. According to the Wiki I’m on story mission 7 of 10, and that’s where I’m calling it. Sorry. I want to add a large caveat that my complaints with this game are extremely subjective. Most of my friends enjoyed it, and you’ll probably like… [Continue Reading]

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A Review of Avatar, the Way of Water

January 27, 2023February 2, 2023 Medic 0 Comments avatar, movie, review

The other day, I did something different and went to see a movie. I needed to ve out of the house for a bit, and the new Avatar movie gave me something to do for a few hours. Kinda felt like forever though. Anyway, I have some thoughts on the movie, so here is a basic review of the second Avatar film. First off, I want to get over the visuals. The movie does look pretty damn stunning. While I care little for the mechs, ships and robots, the designs of the beasts and the oceanic shots are very reminiscent… [Continue Reading]

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