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Breathtaking Start Gris is an absolutely gorgeous platforming adventure game developed by Nomada Studios and developed by Devolver Digital. You play as woman named Gris, Spanish for Grey - yes this is relevant, who begins the game standing upon the open palm a giant statue of a woman. After attempting to sing, the statue crumbles and she falls to a world devoid of color. From here the player can began exploring the 2D world, collecting small orbs of light. Right away the player is never given any deliberate direction. The game uses it's beautiful art design and sound cues to encourage the player to explore and collect these orbs of light. These orbs of life are the clear objective of the game. Collecting the balls of light allows Gris to move forward through this colorless world, often giving her physical bridges to walk across. After collecting enough of them, Gris finds herself in a sort of hub world - an elegant fountain sitting inside of a dome temple. The lights sho...

Excuse my, more than likely, cringy attempt at using British slang. Pokemon Sword and Shield have been out for several months now, and just recently had it's first batch of DLC announced. I figured now would probably be the best time to go back and give my thoughts on the newest generation of games.  Before I dive into the game itself, let me briefly mention the controversy that preceded it. The biggest being the absence of the national dex. This was the first main series game where you could not catch every single pokemon. Game Freak has gone on record saying that this was an inevitability. It makes sense as well. I don't believe I could name a single game series that has this quantity of unique character models and animations. It would be like asking Final Fantasy to put all characters and monsters into a single game and expect the graphics to look how the Final Fantasy 7 remake looks.  Now that the expansions have announced an additional 200 pokemon being added,...

Hiya, folks. Been awhile since we last spoke - which I swear is not a product of today's post! (If anything, my modded Skyrim is to blame. Let's Play to come... Let's be real, like, 8 years from now. ) I had the game Animal Crossing on my mind, particularly because of a project I got cooking ( haven't even done the prep yet, you liar ), and it reminded me of Animal Crossing: Pocket Camp. For those who are uncultured swine  unaware, Animal Crossing is a life simulation game. You move into a new town, along with up to three other human characters, and live among anthropomorphic characters. And that's pretty much it. You do normal life simulation stuff - fish, socialize, pay off your debt, decorate your home ECT. In the Pocket Camp mobile game you are living in a camp site, as opposed to a town or village. You have your own camper and everything. It fits perfectly alongside the main series games and it got me thinking of how great Nintendo's mobile game is. Let...

Dusk of the Final Day Yesterday I was discussing the past 2 days of E3 with my friends. I made a comment, being mostly disappointed in what was shown. I said "I miss the days of E3 when big bombs were dropped... Like Nintendo announcing a new Zelda."  Today. Nintendo dropped bombs. But let's unpack it slowly.  Nintendo's Conference Before the show began there was talks about who the new character in Smash woul be. A lot of speculation but none of it towards the Dragon Quest characters we received. The show opened with the reveal of some characters I didn't know the name of. I just couldn't help but think about everyone who would undoubtedly be disappointed.  We went into the direct with talking and a cute skit concerning Bowser and the new Nintendo of America CEO, Doug Bowser. Gotta say, love ya Doug. You're a great replacement for Reggie. Then Nintendo showcased Luigi's Mansion 3. The premise seems to be that Luigi a...