A Bird Story (PC) Review

Here is an odd one to pull out from the backlog. It is not a game I picked up so much as came in as part of a humble bundle, but I decided to keep it at the time. And as I finished up The 11th Hour, I decided it might be time to play with something known to be just pure chill. And while this is far from my normal fair of game, I'm glad I took the time with it.

The 11th Hour: Sequel to the 7th Guest (PC) Review

I remember when I found out this game was coming out. Already a huge fan of the 7th Guest, I just couldn't wait for the next time I would get to run around Henry Stauf's mansion and through another tail of deamonic horror. So I eagerly awaited the chance to pick it up as soon as I could get my hands on it... and for the first time, my good old 486 was simply not good enough to play. It had the specs, but the game for some reason would only run in black and white. Disappointed, I put the game away...

Until my next PC (a Pentium II) would be more then beefy enough to play with it several years later. But by this time, I was already playing other games that would become all time favorites like the original Deus Ex, Descent 3, and System Shock 2. So it would fall to the wayside uncompleted. And there it would remain: just a set of discs in a "book" that would remain on my shelf for many years and even through two moves. But lately, I've been itching to take it on like unfinished business. So I opened up that old dusty book and popped disc 1 in. Welcome back Mr. Stauf... my how we've missed you.

Hyper Light Drifter (PC) Review

Don't trust big-site reviewers... ever. This game was rated very high across the board, but for the life of me, I can't begin to understand why. I have played as long as I could honestly give a damn, but I've officially run out of fucks to give about this one.

GhostDream (PC) Review

This is arguably one of the weirdest games I've ever played. Disjointed, intentionally obscure, and just plain strange, I would half expect this to be the contents of a haunted game cart you might read or hear about if you are the type to enjoy CreepyPasta.As a side note, this feeling was not helped when due to recent changes to how Steam does things, I honestly could not track how I got my hands on it. But for all the weird vibes this game gave off, was it worth taking some time with, or would I be better off expecting some Japanese ghost climbing through my monitor to take me out of this world? Let's find out.

Shadowgate: MacVenture Series (PC) Review

Now here's a game I have a lot of history with. I couldn't have been any older then 8 years old when I saw a guide and maps to to start you off in Nintendo Power, and I don't think I poured over any magazine page as much as this. And by my next birthday, my parents came through and I had a new game to play. I absolutely loved every moment of my adventures. So when I found out that getting the 2014 remake at launch included this version as a bonus, I was definitely interested in giving it a shot. After all, this is where the NES version got all its awesomeness!

And while that may be true, it did not come without some very rough edges the NES version spared me of back in the day.