Diablo IV (PC) Review

When this game launched, it was not accepted very well by many gamers. And between Blizzard driving their reputation straight through the mud in how they treat both their audience (Overwatch 2 anyone? Diablo Immortal?) and their own employees, I can perfectly understand that. I myself watched this one come out with little interest, especially as one of the games to spearhead big game developers' campaign to increase the price of AAA games to $70. And to this end, I passed it up at launch.

However, months later, the game was already starting to show up on sale. Add to this a few people who wanted to play with me, and I decided it was worth a shot. It was not a bad choice, despite everything stacked against it.

Pony Island (PC) Review

Once again we have a game that's been hanging around in my backlog for a long time. In this case, it was a game that was on my radar when it launched, but actually came to me as part of a HumbleBundle back when I was subscribed. It would sit unused in the backlog for years until the dice decided it's time had come. So like the old arcade in the game itself, it's time to dust off the cabinet and click power...

Ghostwire: Tokyo (PC) Review

This is a game that has a bit more of a tumultuous history with me. When it came out, it had my curiosity, but there wasn't a lot coming out about it. Add to that playing on a PC that looked dangerously close to the minimum spec at the time while sitting on my massive backlog, and I held off... deciding I dodged a bullet with a shady dev when they added Denuvo to the game a year after it came out.. 

I didn't give it any more thought after that until this Christmas came along. As per usual, all the major game stores had their Christmas sales, including Epic. And while I honestly have yet to want to spend cash on this store, I've hung around for the freebies Epic is always giving out... and this sale always comes with them going fast and furious. Christmas Eve, they gave away this game. Without dropping a dime, I grabbed it.

Now as I finish playing, I believe I would have been happy with it had I bought earlier... and seeing them remove the DRM again so soon only makes such joy playing it that much sweeter.