Game Log

I think this was one of the earliest titles on the Wii, and one that was supposed to showcase... more

Well, it took me about half a decade, but I finally finished Super Mario Galaxy 2. I really liked the... more

We never owned a Super Nintendo so I never got around to playing the 16-bit incarnation of Metroid. Well, thanks... more

Kathy Rain is a point and click adventure which uses the same AGS engine that all the games from Wadjet Eye games use.... more

This game was a $5 budget CD when I bought it over a decade ago at CompUSA but I... more

Another arty walking simulator for the PC. This one is all about the nature of choice and free will... more

It’s been a little while since I’ve played a current generation FPS, so maybe I just impressed with the... more

Witcher 2 takes what was a sprawling and somewhat unfocused RPG and refines almost everything to create an excellent role playing experience.... more

Watch Dogs 2 is pretty much a straight up Grand Theft Auto clone. But instead of playing an immoral mobster who kills... more

I’m a sucker for these top-down shooter games. This is the type of game I imagined playing back when... more

This three episode tangent does not appear to be connected with the other Walking Dead games. Maybe some of the characters... more

This has been my least favorite of the Telltale Choose Your Own Adventure style adventures. I think my main problem with... more

The Sniper franchise is all about stealth, planning and quick moments of anatomically correct violence. The previous game in the series was good,... more

This is a classic FPS from the same people who brought us Duke Nukem 3D. In this outing, the politically... more

I’m still waiting for that Wonder Twins game, but in the meantime this will do. After Arkham City this does seem... more

I enjoyed the original Call of Juarez and its spin-off, Gunslinger, but this one didn’t really grab me. It tries to mix... more

Okay, here’s another Borderlands sequel. Actually, this is more of a large expansion pack to Borderlands 2’using the same engine and most... more

I bought Radiant Historia based on its reputation as one of, if not THE best RPG on the Nintendo DS. Well, it’s... more

Etrian Odyssey is an old-school RPG in the vein of Wizardy or The Bard’s Tale. That is, you assemble a party of adventurers, go to... more

It’s been quite some time since I picked up my Nintendo DS. I have been hacking away at Picross 3D for... more

It’s been quite some time since I’ve played through a game on the Wii. Pandora’s Tower is certainly one of the... more

Okay, first things first. Machinarium is a beautiful game with excellent art direction, sound and music. However, something about this point-and-click... more

You can download and play Teenagent for free from GOG.com, and, because of my obsessive-compulsive nature when it comes to completing games... more

Outlast is one of the most nerve-racking games I have played. The game delights in distracting your attention then blasting... more

I was initially drawn to the isometric art style of this turn-based RPG. My hope was that it would... more

At first you’d think Home was a retro-looking point and click adventure, but that would be giving it too much credit.... more

I went into Bulletstorm not knowing anything other than I heard there was a lot of cursing in the dialogue. Well,... more

Wadjet Eye continues their run of solid point and click adventures with their latest, Shardlight. This may be their best... more

Wadjet has produced another solid point and click adventure game that makes up for its somewhat lackluster predecessor, A Golden... more

Back in 2007 I played a free, ad-supported version of Prince of Persia: Sands of Time which I enjoyed quite a... more

Opposing Force is a welcome improvement over Blue Shift. First off, it’s feels like a full game rather than just a... more

I am finally getting around to playing the Half-Life 1 expansion games. As expected, this is more of the same. This... more

This is what the kids call a metroidvania-style platformer (what a horrible term). You run around around a large,... more

The Defense Grid sequel seems more like an expansion than a new game. There are new powers and customizations, but core... more

Like previous Telltale series, this is not so much a game as it is an interactive cartoon. Yes, to... more

After The Walking Dead (especially season two… which I apparently forgot to review. Well, it was great.), I was pretty much... more

Coming off of FarCry 3, I really wasn’t sure I wanted to commit myself to another massive open-world game, but San... more

Although I haven’t written about them here, I have played through much of the first series of Bit.Trip games on the... more

Although I’d give them props for creating a game with a truly unique theme, this Wadjet Eye adventure falls... more

While this game was a pretty big improvement over KQV, it still was just too mired in Sierra adventure game... more

This was a freebie from GOG.com that I went into knowing nothing about it. The first thing anyone who... more

One of my favorite games of the coin-op era was Atari’s 720. It had a simple, but unique control scheme... more

I was a bit hesitant to play this game. I really didn’t like FarCry 2 all that much. It was repetitive,... more

Uh oh, here we go again with another mediocre adventure game. Surprisingly, this one comes from Wadjet Eye Studios... more

I’ve had pretty good luck with the string of adventure games I’ve played lately. It was inevitable that sooner... more

Started out okay enough despite the idiotic button mashing mechanics. But, man, this game became pure tedium by the... more

The Witcher is a flawed but ultimately satisfying role playing game that puts you in the role of monster killing... more

Not much to say about this one other that it’s a joke game. The gag is that in order... more

Brothers is a surprisingly excellent game that’s filled with beautiful visual storytelling and a unique game-play mechanic that has the... more

Torchlight is a game that has been resting on my back-burner for a long, long time. I got it for... more

Oh sweet Shatner, this game is brutal! The Nintendo DS Giana Sisters game was a cute, simplistic and moderately challenging throwback... more

Saints Row IV is an obvious rip-off of Grand Theft Auto all the way down from the open-world mechanics to the gangster... more

Man, this game was a bit of a mess. I guess I wanted it to be a Baldur’s Gate style tactical... more

Gemini Rue is another enjoyable point-and-click adventure from Wadjet Eye that has a sci-fi noir theme. Having gotten used to... more

Primordia is an absolutely beautiful point and click adventure from Wadjet Eye Games. Besides the graphics, it has a lot... more

Having finished the wonderful Blackwell series, I wanted to try some of Wadjet Eye’s other offerings. The Shivah was the company’s first foray into commercial... more

The original Geometry Wars was one of the purest, most exhilarating gaming experiences of the post-arcade era. It combined the visuals... more

This was a rare case in which I finished a game that I had started years ago. I really... more

The fifth and final Blackwell game continues in the series’ tradition of thoughtful and interesting adventures that are light... more

Soon after I plunked down a few Kickstarter bucks for Broken Age, Wasteland 2’s campaign popped up. Back in my Apple ][... more

In terms of overall game-play, Skyrim stays pretty close to the system Oblivion used. You roam a giant open-world map, revealing new locations... more

The BioShock Infinite season pass DLC is a nice way to get a few extra hours out of the original game.... more

I guess they are rebooting Tomb Raider again? I really liked the last two games in the series and I don’t... more

Well, I tried. Three times I have started playing System Shock 2 and each time I just get frustrated or bored... more

I thought the original Call of Juarez was a better-than-average shooter that was bolstered by it being set in the Old... more

This was a free game on Steam on the day of the sequel’s release. I grabbed it without knowing... more

The fourth Blackwell game continues to make improvements over its predecessors in terms of technical polish. There is also... more

This and the previous Blackwell Unbound apparently were intended to be a single game with flashbacks and intertwined plot lines. Many of the... more

Another day, another Blackwell game completed. These are solid point-and-click adventure games. The puzzles aren’t too hard and the stories are... more

The first four Blackwell games went on sale on Steam this week for around 50¢ each. These games have... more

Have you ever wanted to be the star of your very own nihilistic, anti-war fever dream? Well, look no... more

Hotline Miami is an ultraviolent, fast-paced arcade-style game that owes a lot to Smash T.V. and Berzerk. Although it uses both analog sticks,... more

I really wanted to like Brütal Legend. but once again Doublefine has created a game that is a triumph of... more

his sequel is an improvement over the original Borderlands. The basic shoot everything and look for loot game-play remains, but... more

In the above scene from Memento Mori you are supposed to trick a little, abused girl into thinking she’s your friend.... more

I understand that this game was originally a Nintendo 3DS launch title. So, by the standards of portable gaming,... more

Billed as a first person shooter RPG, Borderlands focuses on collecting loot over story. There a lot of superficial similarity with... more

Over the past few years I have had a love/hate relationship with The Walking Dead T.V. show. Unlike most of the trash... more

Clocking in at 31 gigabytes of disk space needed, Max Payne 3 is a monster of a game. I would have... more

I’m on a bit of a tear here finishing off games. I guess after that last Winter Steam sale... more

I had hoped that when they adapted the Web version of Surgeon Simulator into a full game they would have added a funny... more

Like a gazillion other people, Doublefine Adventure was the first Kickstarter that I bought into. It was scheduled to come... more

Infinite is a worthy successor to the original BioShock. It’s not so much a sequel as it is a re-theming of... more

Another game that came bundled with my new video card. I had never played a game in this series... more

More episodic point-and-click adventure from Telltale Games. This series is definitely geared more towards younger gamers but there is... more

I played the first Assassin’s Creed several years ago and, while I thought it was an okay game, I was never... more

Contract J.A.C.K. is billed as a prequel to the super-excellent shooter No One Lives Forever 2. What we really have here... more

When I heard that this game featured Michael Biehn as the main voice actor I was intrigued. When I saw... more

The first Darksiders was a blatant rip-off of (some might say “homage to”) the The Legend of Zelda. While it maintains much... more

This game has been on my back burner for quite some time now. I play a little here and... more

While Invisible War was not without its merits, it really lacked the depth of the original Deus Ex. This third installment attempts... more

This is another game, like Dream Zone, that I owned for years (decades actually) and was never able to finish.... more

The Tiny Bang Story is a small puzzle game that I think is designed more for younger players. Most of... more

The original BioShock was a great game with an interesting plot and a wonderfully unique setting. I never really understood the... more

Crysis feels much more like the Far Cry sequel I wanted back when I played Far Cry 2. Once again you are dropped... more

Darksiders is a game that is utterly derivative of Zelda. You are tasked with exploring various “castles,” each of which gives... more

It took about twenty years, but I finally beat Dragon’s Lair. That’s twenty years of dying for no reason, guessing... more

I’m not a huge fan of 2-D platform games. Even modern ones tend to be rather shallow when it... more

This game had one of the best trailers ever. None of the narrative spark that permeates the trailer is in... more

The Icewind Dale series is built on the same game system as the Baldur’s Gate games. Unlike Baldur’s Gate these games are focused more on... more