Phantasy Star Online: Blue Burst (PC) Review

Much like for many gamers, E3 and it's big presentations from the console makers is traditionally an exciting time for me. They show off a whole slew of new and exciting games to drool over each year and it is even kinda fun to discuss who "won" the convention. However as the years have marched on we have seen a decline. Nintendo bowed out entirely, Konami no longer makes games at all, and most of us have been given reason to distrust anything to come out of either EA or Ubisoft. But this year, Microsoft would announce something I have been waiting literally 7 years to hear: Phantasy Star Online 2 is coming to the United States.


This is arguably the biggest news for me personally to come out of E3, as Phantasy Star is one of those series that I have collected every game that was on shelves for and shy of one Gamecube exclusive, I have absolutely loved every instance I have played. But at the same time, I never did get to finish the two online titles. Now that the direct sequel to one of them was finally coming out in the US, I had to change that. And despite the game being officially shut down over a decade ago, private servers would give me my chance. And now after over 90 hours of gameplay, I can say this game too is now finished. And I absolutely loved... well, most of it.

Call of Cthulhu (PC) Review

It was a long time since the stars aligned like this. To say that Lovecraft's mythos should translate well into video games, but somehow never really does it right is an understatement. And yet it makes perfect sense as most such games want to put you head to head with things there is no way in hell a mere mortal human should even understand, much less take down.

Now that is not to say there have not been good or fun games with this theme. From the darkly funny and goofy Cthulhu Saves the World to the extremely tense, challenging, and (at least till the end) perfectly fitting the hopelessness of cosmic horror Call of Cthulhu: Dark Corners of the Earth, there is a lot of fun stuff in the genre. But its been over a decade since that last title, and nothing since has really captured the essence of these tales so well, at least that I've played... until now.

The 7th Guest: 25th Anniversary Edition (PC) Review

This is not the first time I have played this game. In fact this was one of my first "must have" games way back in the days of DOS. At the time, I had a current (for the time) 486 PC and it did not take long till I had fallen in love with what is arguably my first actual horror game. I did manage to finish it, loving every second (well, besides the infamous microscope puzzle). And back then, I considered it one hell of a gaming achievement.

But with the game down and done, there was little reason to ever return so much as keep the CD-ROM as a memory on my shelf. That is until April this year when this version dropped without warning on us all. The idea of getting a new version with "director's cut" material and a novelization of the story was too much for me to even consider resisting and I bought it day one. But now that I have the game, what makes this version so special? Well, after finishing it, I can't say a lot, unfortunately.

Extra Life 2019 Recap!

Another Extra Life Marathon completed and behind the Red Sector team, and another amazing time! To recap the absolute basics, as of the end of the marathon Extra-Life 2019 has raised almost $10,000,000 for the year ($9,663,137 to be exact), setting us up to once have another record breaking year! Our own records this year have also been effectively smashed as at $1,584.63, and neither is done yet, as Extra-Life will be taking donations right to the end of the year, so if you haven't gotten involved and helped these kids, there is still time! Our team's page is available by clicking the thermometer next to this post or click here! And thank you!

Furthermore, we have done all this so far despite the dickheads of the web rearing their heads again as there were SEVERAL DDOS attacks on the Extra-Life page throughout the marathon. For those who do not know, a DDOS attack is when someone overloards a server's ability to respond to users, disabling websites (and other applications) in the process. Yep! Assholes are assholes and cost the marathon time which could have brought in even more and yet we STILL did this well! Sometimes, the good guys really do win.

But on top of that, I'm sure you also want a recap of the big event this year as we at the Red Sector celebrated helping kids. Well, step on in.