Writing · 6 posts
Writing
Long reviews, mostly of games, and the odd note on building products.
Two Spider-Men, Two Kinds of Heartbreak
Nothing in games feels quite like swinging through Insomniac's New York. Two Spider-Man games built on the best traversal I've played, where getting there is the whole point.
· 16 min
Cyberpunk 2077: Night City Made Me a Cyberpsycho
Fair warning: most of the screenshots in this review are of the women of Night City, not its skyline. The game isn't even mine, it's my friend Restu's, and it still turned me into a full cyberpsycho.
· 29 min
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt, The Void It Left Behind
I quit after White Orchard and shelved it for months. Four playthroughs later, nothing else has filled the void it left.
· 21 min
God of War Ragnarok: Valhalla - The God of Hope
A roguelike DLC that's a therapy session disguised as combat. A chance for Kratos to face everything he's been running from.
· 8 min
God of War Ragnarok - The End of an Era?
Ragnarok gave me chills. The Norse saga's finale, where fate is a choice, Odin plays everyone, and Kratos becomes what Faye always believed he could be.
· 25 min
"Boy." - How God of War Made a Monster Human
I cried at the end of a God of War game. How Sony Santa Monica turned a rage-fueled franchise into a story about fatherhood, redemption, and Norse mythology.
· 22 min