Salt and Sanctuary is an action-rpg platformer that owes a great deal to Castlevania: Symphony of the Night, Dust, the Dark Souls series, Bloodborne, Phantasy Star Online 2, and Final Fantasy 10. S&S, like certain characters in its story, is envious. It grasps, it clutches, it steals whatever it can get its hands on, trying […]

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The Long Dark is not only one of the best games in any genre I’ve played in many years, it’s also remarkable for having thoroughly defied the trend of mediocre crafting and survival games to use Steam’s Early Access feature. If all you had on hand was a list of features with which to judge […]

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Wandersong is alright.  I don’t think I’m its intended audience, though.  I think I might be getting old, losing touch with the Things The Kids Care About Now.  I might also be in the middle of a mid-life crisis.  I don’t know for sure, I’ve never had one of those before.  I’m not done with […]

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Minecraft might be my favorite game of all time. I play all kinds of other games, in a massive variety of genres and often for hundreds of hours.  But in between all those experiments and dalliances, whenever I come down from the honeymoon phase of something new and find myself sitting bored on a weeknight, […]

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As I’ve spoken about at length a few times on this blog, I’ve been playing Minecraft for a long time. I’m a bit older than the usual Minecraft demographic, but it’s a game that’s very special to me nonetheless. Lately, I’ve been very strong in the conviction that, despite its flaws (and its child-targeted gambling […]

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I wrote about the New 3DS Edition of Minecraft before, but in retrospect I kinda rambled a lot and didn’t clearly articulate just what it is that I like so much about this version of the game specifically.  Full disclosure, I’m gonna ramble a bit this time too, but I promise I’ll be more focused.  […]

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Vince Ingenito from IGN said this game “stopped me in my tracks” and Spencer Campbell from Hardcore Gamer called it the “most promising indie at PAX south”. So what is the indie game that has people buzzing about it before it’s even released? Light Fall. I reached out to Bishop Games to talk to them […]

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I was so excited to finally purchase Happy Home Designer. I will admit that I have only been playing my Nintendo 3DS for about a year now. My dear friend SweetMopy is the one who first got me interested in Animal Crossing:New Leaf and it was her who started to hype Happy Home Designer after […]

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There are plenty of guides on how to start your server. It’s fairly basic: know what you want, have money, do it! And, some day I may even make my own guide for you all, because it is important information. However, when I was first starting my server I realized there weren’t any guides to […]

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The major factors that help people decide on getting married are often related to traditional and common concerns in society. A couple is tasked to create a family of their own, to be an independent social unit which needs to survive together. Thus this is a major step into a really different kind of life […]

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