Tag: Microsoft
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Adventures in Oblivion, Part 2: The Madness Continues
Well, shit, that took a while. After getting sidetracked with Expedition 33 and Death Stranding 2 (as well as a road trip from Vegas to DC that very nearly ended in disaster on multiple occasions), I got back around to my sorcerous adventures in the Shivering Isles (for the uninitiated, the Shivering Isles contain the…
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Adventures in Oblivion: Madness Awaits
In many respects, The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion is my favorite video game. I’ll spare you my misty-eyed recollections of the original box art and instruction manual: Oblivion was to me what Skyrim was to people who like the cold more than I do. I fucking love Oblivion. Hell, I bought the original version on…
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Review/Ranking: Secret Level, Eps. 9-15
I guess they front-loaded all the good stuff, huh? This series was like a five-course meal that goes from fresh oysters to a turd wrapped in old newspaper. Gross. B Tier The Outer Worlds: The Company We Keep This episode was pretty good. I enjoyed The Outer Worlds when I played it (even if I…
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Review: Hellblade II (Xbox/PC)
Hellblade II’s full title, which I refuse to spell out more than once, is Senua’s Saga: Hellblade II. The titular character, Senua, is a warrior from some fuckin’ island near Britain during what I shall refer to as “the Viking days.” She’s a sword-wielding badass who’s on a quest to rescue a bunch of slaves…
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Quick Thoughts: The Demise of the Halo TV Show
Oh, Master Cheeks, we barely knew ye. The Halo TV show has been cancelled by Paramount after two seasons (although I’ve seen articles saying that the studio intends to shop the show around to other networks). I know that I and pretty much everybody else on the internet were lining up to take steaming dumps…
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Review: Halo, Season 2
This is Going to Hurt… You might be wondering why, exactly, I subjected myself to another eight episodes of this “adaptation” when I so disliked the previous season. Reader, I must confess to feeling the same way myself on more than one occasion…but I soldiered on, because you deserve it, and also because I wanted…
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I Had ChatGPT Write Apologies From Game Studios
Half-assed apologies from game development studios have become almost par for the course these days – it feels like every other title that gets released comes along with a “We’re Sorry” note (or video) posted by the relevant studio on their twitter account after the negative reviews start to roll in. These digital vomit-pools (the…
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Bests & Worsts of 2022: Gaming
Well, it’s a new year, which means that everyone is cranking out listicles about what they did and didn’t like over the past twelve months. I’ve tried to put a little spin on things by focusing on game features that I liked (and disliked), as opposed to full titles themselves (although one or two of…
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Review: Deathloop (PS5/Xbox Series S)
I played Deathloop back when it came out on PS5, but its recent release on Game Pass gives me a good opportunity to write a review of the thing while still being somewhat topical. Once more into the breach…shit, wait, wrong time loop game.[1] At the end of the (repeated, over and over again) day,…
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The Joys of Playing Microsoft Flight Simulator While Drunk
People seemed to like my “LA Noire” piece,[1] so here’s a spiritual sequel. Enjoy (I know my liver didn’t). This article – and the bad decisions detailed herein – arose from a confluence of factors. First was my purchase of an Xbox Series S and subsequent dive into the delights of Game Pass. The second…