I beat Celeste. Barely. I almost quit. But the game wouldn’t give up on me. For that, I am thankful.
Category: Video
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Gris is Slick (a Game’s Over Review of Gris on the Nintendo Switch)
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.
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Death Stranding is the best single player multiplayer video game!
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).
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The Outer Worlds is More Fun than a Sprat with a Bat (Game’s Over Video Game Review)
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?
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Since when did impossible mean impossible? (a review of Yooka-Laylee and the Impossible Lair)
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.
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Yakuza Kiwami is a good serious game for a laugh (a review of Yakuza Kiwami)
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.
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Do Goose Stuff (a review of Untitled Goose Game)
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/