Goodbye 2020 – A Trying Year (in Review in List Form)

Here we are, as I write this there is less than nine hours left in the year for me and in some places of the world, it's already 2021. It's been a trying year, filled with a lot of tragedy and I won't be penciling in 2020 as one of my favorites by any stretch....

115th Game Finished of 2020: Hyrule Warriors: Definitive Edition – NSW (2018)

I haven't played a musou game seriously since Dynasty Warriors 2 or 3. Those one's were fun but I never really got into the larger genre. Having fond memories of those games though did get me to try Hyrule Warriors when it debuted on the WiiU in 2014. I played it for a few levels...

114th Game Finished of 2020: The Evil Within 2 – XB1 (2017)

I really enjoyed the original The Evil Within when I played it a few years ago. Directed by Shinji Mikami, The Evil Within came with the legacy of Resident Evil behind it. And it succeeded in hitting the right notes. It did enough to stand out on its own and fill in the void left...

113th Game Finished of 2020: Final Fantasy III – PC (2014)

Final Fantasy III has one of the weirdest releases in the franchise history. Originally it was released on the Famicom in 1990 but it was never translated and ported to Western regions. As many likely know, the Final Fantasy III that North America received in 1994 was actually Final Fantasy VI. Final Fantasy 1, 2,...

112th Game Finished of 2020: Torchlight II – XB1 (2019)

Torchlight II originally came out in 2012 but last year it finally hit consoles. I bought it immediately in 2012 and quickly fell off of it. This was mostly because earlier that year Diablo III released and I had already played a ton of that game, and while Torchlight II does somethings better, there is...

The Perfectly Sane Show Ep.527: Best of the Generation

This week, we look back on the the entire generation of games and give our picks for its best. Music in this episode: Strike of the Devil’s Axes OC …The Perfectly Sane Show Ep.527: Best of the Generation

111th Game Finished of 2020: The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past – SNES (1992)

The Legend of Zelda is part of the pantheon of video games. The series hero, Link is just as iconic as his system brethren Mario and for three plus decades gamers have been going on adventures as the green clad warrior. Link's debut in The Legend of Zelda on the Nintendo Entertainment System changed games...

110th Game Finished of 2020: Gears Tactics – XSX (2020)

Ever since Halo Wars debuted in 2009, it seemed inevitable that Microsoft would take its other big budget military shooter, Gears of War, and make a strategy game within that world. While a standard base building, real-time-strategy game like Halo Wars would likely work for Gears, the core focus of squad based combat makes it...

109th Game Finished of 2020: Star Wars: Squadrons – XB1 (2020)

One of my favorite games of all time is Star Wars: TIE Fighter. I played its predecessor, X-Wing, and its sequels X-Wing vs. TIE Fighter and X-Wing: Alliance but none of them ever quite captured the same feel that TIE Fighter did. It mixed a fun Imperial narrative, one of the first of its kind...

108th Game Finished of 2020: Madden NFL 21 – XB1 (2020)

Madden, if it is anything, is constant. Every year, without fail, it is there. And for a good many people, it is the only game they buy and play every year. For a long time I played Madden yearly but the last two generations, I've fallen off a bit. Still, Madden ends up in my...