Dark Souls

Despite the difficulty and learning curve, gamers are still flocking to the Dark Souls series, and the genre it spawned, in massive numbers.

Instead of trying to reinvent the wheel, Deck 13 has very smartly kept things simple, with slight iterations and an increased confidence in their vision from the original.

I’m not a religious man, but have often found the gruesome and twisted fiction it can give rise to utterly fascinating. As such, Blasphemous instantly barged its way onto my…

Gaming has changed a lot in the last 30 years. From pixels to polygons, from barely workable 3D to incredibly complex gaming worlds, and from 16-bit soundtracks to fully orchestrated…

Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice is a game that enters into a long held tradition of From Software games with gnarly difficulty and epic bosses. Bosses aren’t just an addition in Dark Souls…

Every From game for the last decade has included one boss that seems to exist solely for the purpose of making a perverted or childish joke.

In essence Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice is a game about precision. Knowing the exact moment when to hit the block or dodge button will literally mean the split second difference between life and death, even with many of the standard enemies. Luckily players will always have a second chance to learn from their mistakes. 

Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice follows in a long line of brutally difficult games from the sadists at FromSoftware. From the mind-shattering learning curve of Demon’s Souls to the chalice dungeons of Bloodborne, From…

Dark Souls is finally on the Switch, but does it need to be?

As a massive fan of From Software’s Soulsborne series, I have found myself adrift in catch-22s surrounding Hidetaka Miyazaki’s brain-children as of late. As much as I love the games…

The eighth generation of gaming could be described as many things. It can be described as a generation filled with examples of mature storytelling, incredible visuals, and engaging gameplay. On…

E3 2018 has been a bit of a biggie in terms of new game announcements, despite the amount of leaks that made it all seem pointless for it to even…

When it comes to a game like Dark Souls, there are certain things to consider. These are factors that don’t apply in other games even, let alone other remasters. So it…

Okay, so I have a confession to make right off the bat: I’m not a total Dark Souls newbie. A couple years back, I picked up a second-hand copy of…

A Quick History I’ve never been a massive Assassin’s Creed fan, but there is no denying the impact the series has had on the broader gaming industry. The promise of…

Around the mid to late 2000s, I began to notice that video games at large were becoming increasingly passive experiences. Maybe part of this was a result of video games…

After the highly hyped and overly anticipated (though not actually promoted) Nintendo Direct Mini on January 11, 2018 and the utterly unknown, and unanticipated announcement of Nintendo Labo the next…

I firmly believe that people’s favorite games are those they play in their teenage and early adult years, and, well, that’s where I’m at now.

It has been officially announced that online servers for Demon’s Souls will die off come February 28th, 2018, the month of the game’s (and Souls/Bloodborne series’s) 9th birthday. Demon’s Souls…

A lot of the talk concerning Cuphead since its release has centered around the the sheer challenge of it’s difficulty. The run and gun action of Cuphead is intensely challenging, so it’s no surprise…