Citizen Sleeper (XBox One, 5/8, 5/9, 10/29)- Thanks, XBox GamePass! I literally knew nothing about this game other than it was about having a small, working class job on a spaceport. I wound up falling in love with it almost immediately and it will likely be my favorite new game I've played this ye...

How long did it take you? I started it briefly the other night but am trying to finish Witcher 2 before the next gen patch for the third game is released. Wondering if I can squeeze this in... That's the strange thing: while all the reviews are saying 15-20 hours, and I suppose that's true if you l...

I just completed Pentiment and I hate to say something as cliche as this is one of the best games of the year and would be wonderful to hear discussed on the podcast, but... this is one of the best games of the year and would be wonderful to hear discussed on the podcast.

--Dan

I'm a few hours into Pentiment and while I wouldn't go so far to give it a 10/10, it's one of the stronger games I've played this year, a very absorbing well researched story and setting.

--Dan

Listening to the episode it's a shame nobody got a chance to play the NES version, because that's IMO the bestest version of the game. The music in particular hasn't left my head for 32 years. I did watch the TV show; I found it entertaining sometimes, very frustrating other times. It was nothing li...

If I have a dream game, it's an open world video game based on the Marvel character Deadpool, as he fights his way GTA style to the top of the Marvel super villain food chain.

--Dan

Firewatch (XBox One, 4/26)- Thanks, XBox GamePass! An entertaining, if a tad too slight, first person narrative adventure carried by the always reliable Rich Sommer, who for once is playing a character basically sympathetic and not a secret douche. The opening mini-text adventure about the main cha...

confirmation from Jason Schreier that it is. It looks... fine?

--Dan

I have vague memories of picking up the PS2 XIII for a fiver, but being not that impressed with it. A few years later the original comic finally came to US shores, and seeing the characters as originally written and created made that voice cast look even more ridiculously wrong- Eve actually makes t...

Batman: Return to Arkham- Arkham City XBox One, 1/16- This plays great, looks great, has so many things to do, and is well acted but ye gods, the story is WRETCHED. I think it suffers from a classic case of too much ambition- it tries to fit in so many Batman concepts that weren't part of Arkham As...

Agreed on Chain of Memories (I played it on PS3). At first aI was charmed by the combat but the sheer randomness of everything because exhausting. The story could have been compelling but genuinely wasn't, otherwise I might have forced myself to finish.

--Dan

Finally started my second play through, only on XBox GamePass. Man, that opening scene is freaky. I forgot about the glow in the dark die.

--Dan

You may have heard many strange things about the Halo Television series, and scoff that what you're hearing cannot possibly be true. I'm here to tell you: It's true, it's ALL true.

It was one ridiculous show.

--Dan

Rhaegyr wrote: ↑April 4th, 2022, 4:17 pm Good luck to Ron on finally explaining/continuing that Monkey Island 2 ending!

So much for my theory that The ending of Monkey Island 2 was meant to destroy the franchise for good...

--Dan

ratsoalbion wrote: ↑May 15th, 2022, 6:39 pm It's already been added to the list!

Great minds think alike!

(cough)

--Dan

It's been out a little more than a week but Citizen Sleeper is one of my favorite games this year and would be great for the podcast. I loved it so much.

--Dan

What else is left to say about this game - played it to completion on all three generations the game has released for and loved it every time. Did everything barring the two 'collect 50 of x' missions and enjoyed every second of it. The game looks better than ever (in fidelity mode on the Series S ...

I recently picked up all three Atari Flashback Classics games for a tenner each, and there were 50 games in each collection. ten games in a retro collection, in 2022 is utterly insane.

Having said that, if I had a Switch i'd probably buy it just for Ninja Warriors and Elevator Action.

--Dan

Ronan Hughes wrote: ↑April 3rd, 2022, 5:24 pm I started reading the comic book adaption of Stephen King's The Stand. I'm delighted.

Yup, it's a pretty solid take on the material. Certainly better than Paramount Plus' version!

--Dan

The operative word for Kentucky Route Zero is "haunting". A year or so ago I bought The TV Edition on a PS4 sale, having heard so many good things about it during its long serialization. The game starts strange and stays strange, but it also becomes disturbing and disorienting as it goes a...