I beat Celeste. Barely. I almost quit. But the game wouldn't give up on me. For that, I am thankful.
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Gris is a game I've been wanting to play for a while. I held off, because it felt like a game that was inevitably going to be released in a physical format (I like stuff on shelves). The game was worth the wait. Gris is beautiful to look at, only mildly frustrating to play at times, and only about 3 hours long. I played the Special Revserve version on the Nintendo Switch.
I went into Death Stranding with some hesitation. Would it be a game I'd actually appreciate, considering I haven't played a Hideo Kojima game since the first hour of Metal Gear Solid 2? Would I be aware enough of Kojima's crazy style to really understand Death Stranding? Well, no, I don't think I'll ever understand Death Stranding, but I did love playing the game. And who would have thought I'd ever play a multiplayer game (if this can truly be called a multiplayer game).
Yes, yes, it’s Fallout in Space. But just how much Fallout is it, and does it contain the parts of Fallout that made Fallout Fallout?
I love a side-scrolling platformer video game. I love the first Yooka-Laylee game. I love Yooka-Laylee and the Impossible Lair...or, at least all but the last 10 minutes I played of it.
Yakuza Kiwami isn't exactly a fun game. It's a game that leverages many different things, in small amounts, to pull the player through. It's a bit funny, its combat is a bit good, its narrative is a bit engaging, and its cutscenes are a bit long (this last "bit" is sarcastic; the cut-scenes are very long). Yes, I finished the game, so it has to have some merits. But I won't be playing any of the other Yakuza games.
Untitled Goose Game is my favorite type of game. It's a video game that takes a small number of mechanics and stretches them in increasingly chaotic ways. Here, you play as a goose with the ability to waddle, honk, and pick things up. Your mission: sew the seeds of confusion among the citizens of a small town. You know, goose stuff. Here's the essay I mentioned: https://calebjross.com/being-a-ninja-is-easy-in-a-world-full-of-idiots/