It was a balmy spring afternoon in la casa de Jay, and the spring Steam sale was in full swing. A game I had wishlisted, Planet Zoo, was on sale for 50% off. Intrigued, I clicked on its game page, and quickly fell in love with the concept. An overly detailed zoo construction simulator, as well as a business simulation.
Then I saw the expansion packs. Then I saw that it had a Southeast Asian animals DLC. I immediately grabbed the premium edition which was $50 instead of its standard price, almost $100, and impulse bought the game. Last night, on my last day before spring break came to an end, I decided to crack open the game and play it for the very first time: and wow, was it a delight!
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Baldur's Gate 3, technically, isn't a published game yet. It's selling at $60 for Early Access, and though rife with many flaws, I found myself scratching that itch I've been missing now that I've graduated to full-time DM instead of full-time player. But is it worth the price? Let's find out.
It has come to my attention that while I published a brief overview of Stardew Valley back in the beginning of my wee old freshman year, I have not made a full review of my beloved game that I have over a hundred hours logged on. A hundred hours!
Naturally, I will correct this erroneous mistake swiftly-- with a piping hot review! In the midst of a hellish year, Supergiant Games released the action-packed, roguelike game that took the gaming community by storm. HADES, as it was aptly named, is a badass roguelike dungeon crawl revolving around Zagreus, who is attempting to escape the underworld and in turn, the clutches of his father, Hades: the king of said underworld.
And oh man, Supergiant Games released not only a succinct, tantalizing game, but they also released a new standard for roguelike games in their entirety and game development companies for the modern era. One of the very first tabletop roleplaying games I was ever introduced to was the system of Vampire the Masquerade. Though I am hardly acquainted with the people who introduced the system to me now, the game holds a dear place in my heart as it was the cause for me tripping into the vast world that was the universe of tabletop roleplaying games.
Because if I never created my cringy, angsty vampire character, I never would've been introduce to the wondrous world that was Dungeons and Dragons. Finally. After two years of agonized waiting, it was ready.
Ooblets: a game where you can collect super cute monsters via engaging in an epic dance battle. When it had released, I knew my week would be stolen away by the game. A long time ago, I bought a game my once-friend recommended to me on a whim. It was titled Dragon Age: Origins, and I heard things about the characters that were too good to be true. From how he spoke about the characters, they seemed like real people, not a mash of code and pixels, and the fact that there were bisexual romance options in a game created in 2009? Unbelievable.
I was in for a delightful surprise. P.S to Mr. B: I am writing this at 1 AM on 5/20/2020, don't know why Weebly thinks it's still the 19th. This is the first visual novel I've ever written about on this blog, and I'm determined to do it justice. Butterfly Soup is a visual, almost slice-of-life visual novel centered around four girls: Diya, Min-seo, Akarsha, and Noelle, and the romance that blossoms between the two pairs, mainly Diya and Min.
It's a wonderfully sweet and gay visual novel that I've ever had the privilege of reading, After the rave that started due to Pokemon X/Y, many Pokemon fans were excited for the next pair of games. Though Pokemon Moon released over four years ago, and Pokemon Ultra Moon a year later, a lot of people (myself included) revisit the game even in 2020. But many people will ask... what's the difference between the two games? New content? Never seen before Pokemon? Is it worth spending an extra $30+ to get Ultra Moon (or even Ultra Sun?) In this article, I'll discuss what's new and exciting and my own opinions about the games.
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