Infested (PC) Review

My Dad introduced me to computers at a very young age. I was four when he sat me in front of his Texas Instruments computer (a TI/4A-99 if you want specific) and set me on the path of technology. Computers called me and I fell in love with it. But I would find gaming as well as general use when my brother and I got our first console (a NES) a few years later. And I would get into Shadowgate on there... the first game to creep me out. But in the same spirit it was also one of the first two games I ever put in the resolve to finish.

Apparently I was not the only one effected by the game, however, as while following a raid on twitch, I found someone playing this game. Unfortunately I have had to walk away from the channel (one of the very few times I have ever felt like would ban me if I said what I legitimately wanted to say), but with a game name, I went hunting and found out the game was not only was the game readily available, it was also free. I downloaded it on the spot. Now we finally got to play... and I'm so glad I did.

Extra Life July Update

Hi everybody and welcome in! Once again, it's time to speak up about Extra Life as we move closer and closer to the big day when gamers around the world will play for 24 hours, showing it to the world. But why? Well up till that moment, we are collecting donations to help sick kids in our local hospitals and then playing to honor those we are trying to help and those who helped up do so! Gamers doing what we do to help the kids who need it most.

Does this sound good to you? Do you play? Video games? Board games? Card games? Collectible figurine games? It doesn't matter what you do, helping kids with it is easy!

1) Get on the site extra-life.org and click the signup button. The process is really easy and the whole event is handled by the Children's Miracle Network. While you do this, you can choose the hospital you are playing for (and as such, where the donations you bring in will go), start a team, join a team (if you know where you want to go) or even go solo. No pressure here at all since you can always make a join a team later if you don't know what you want to do here.

2) Talk to family and friends! These are the people most likely to back you and help you help the kids. You can also always talk to people at work or even put up links in your social media. Do you stream? Bring it up there too! Just get the word out.

3) On November 5th, join gamers around the world where from 9 AM on Saturday till 9 AM on Sunday we will be taking our victory lap in the form of a 24 hour gaming marathon! Can't make that day? That's ok. Every year many gamers go the weekend before or after as alternate days. 

Don't stream? That's ok too... many gamers make local events of the day and in fact I have had the honor of sitting in at a hobby shop where a group got together to play D&D for the time, donating cash during the campaign to get small and large cheats while playing. It was quite clever and no cameras were needed... just to give you ideas.

But what if you don't game? Well that's ok too, you can still help out. On the link in step one is a donate button you can use to help out in general, or you can find your favorite gamers or teams of them to donate to, helping them out with their specific hospital. For example, if you go to the pages section of this page you will find a link to my own team, and we would be honored for the help.

But the point is we are doing this for the kids... and really it's amazing what we as a gaming community have done for them and will continue to do for them. Thank you for reading and see you out there!

Showdown Bandit (PC) Review

It's a shame... it's an absolute crying shame. Today I get to review my second "lost game" ever... and it had the potential to be a masterpiece. It's a shame because it was an episodic title that not only didn't get to show what it had past episode 1, but has been discontinued to the point that you simply can not buy even that anymore. I was lucky it was in my backlog so I could at least see a glimpse of what might have been... and it could have been amazing.

Eight (PC) Review

There is something to be said for bad games. Occasionally playing one will make you appreciate the good ones even more. I can agree with that and from time to time, can look at something I played and while it isn't good it reminds me just how good other games were. I could point to several games I reviewed on this site that apply here, thinking fondly of games that just did what they tried better. This... this was a bridge too far and is arguably one of the worst games I have ever played this side of it not being straight up broken. Avoid this game at all costs.

Hellbound (PC) Review

"Mah? MAH! Can we order some Doom?" "No, Dearie, we have Doom at home." When I played my last session of this game on twitch, I basically called the stream this.. and with good reason. If you have anything of quality, I would choose that over what is effectively a knockoff of the genre... and every bit as generic as that sounds.