games

Armored Souls VI 2022-12-10 — Vincent Leeuw

Armored Souls VI

In case you weren't hyped yet for Armored Core VI: Fires of Rubicon, here's VaatiVidya doing his lore-magic on the little info that's out there. Damn, he's …

2022-12-10 — Vincent Leeuw

I like bulky bots and I cannot lie

Since October 13 artist Alex Pelayre has been sharing his concept art for the cancelled Transformers: Heavy Metal game that was being developed by Niantic …

24/7 Twitch 2022-12-14 — Vincent Leeuw

24/7 Twitch

Across a broad range of streamers—gamers, dancers, political commentators, or those “just chatting”—it’s common to spend eight, 10, or 12 hours per day on …

2022-12-20 — Vincent Leeuw

Weekplay 202250

Only took me seven years, but yes, I've finally started playing The Witcher III: Wild Hunt - Complete Edition (PS5). My first encounter with The Witcher was …

2022-12-26 — Vincent Leeuw

A deep dive into every Yakuza minigame

I was already intimidated by the amount and depth of the mini-games in Yakuza Kiwami. And the management min-game in Like A Dragon was just interesting enough …

2022-12-27 — Vincent Leeuw

Weekplay 202251

Courtesy of Eyepatch Wolf’s year overview I decided to give Fear & Hunger (SD) a spin. And oh boy, does it punch you in the face. Both Eyepatch Wolf and …

cleaner7 2022-12-28 — Vincent Leeuw

cleaner7

Did you know there was a mod for Max Payne 2 being worked on to turn it into killer7 wholesale? No? Well, now you do.

Hidetaka Miyazaki sees death as a feature, not a bug 2022-12-29 — Vincent Leeuw

Hidetaka Miyazaki sees death as a feature, not a bug

“I’ve never been a very skilled player,” Miyazaki told me recently, via Zoom. He was sitting in his office, a book-lined room in the Shinjuku ward of Tokyo. “I …

Set up your Chill Corner 2022-12-29 — Vincent Leeuw

Set up your Chill Corner

Thanks to GAME Watch for pointing out Chill Corner, a free "game" by Vietnamese developer Low-Hi Tech in which you decorate a room and earn currency to …

Yearplay 2022 2022-12-31 — Vincent Leeuw

Yearplay 2022

Looking back at 2022 is a bit strange. There's a black hole of a game in the early months and after that I found myself drawn towards the smaller and often …

Way, way too much information on Pac-Man 2023-01-01 — Vincent Leeuw

Way, way too much information on Pac-Man

It wasn't too long after the release of Pac-Man when word began to spread of players occasionally passing straight through a ghost unharmed, seemingly at …

If you set up your PS5 vertically, you're gonna have a bad time 2023-01-06 — Vincent Leeuw

If you set up your PS5 vertically, you're gonna have a bad time

However it appears that several cases have shown that the PS5’s “seal” between the APU and its cooler can sometimes move or be damaged. When that is the case, …

The end of Minecraft 2023-01-07 — Vincent Leeuw

The end of Minecraft

In 2016 Microsoft bought all of Minecraft. Well, not entirely… A particular little part of it called the ending wasn't. Background/Recap: Eleven years ago, I …

2023-01-10 — Vincent Leeuw

Weekplay 202301

The inclusion of its soundtrack in our latest Dungeons & Dragons-session was responsible for putting Blasphemous (PS4) back on the menu. I still had some …

2023-01-17 — Vincent Leeuw

Weekplay 202302

I've seen Astalon: Tears Of The Earth (PS4) flutter by, but apart from looking like a run-of-the-mill 8-bit platformer, it didn't really caught my attention. …

How “Battle Royale” took over video games 2023-01-18 — Vincent Leeuw

How “Battle Royale” took over video games

Takami’s premise was well suited to video-game adaptation. The rules were clearly defined, the setting neatly contained, and competitive violence had been one …

2023-01-23 — Vincent Leeuw

First-Person Tetris

Somehow this is less comfortable to play than I expected.

Blizzard uses an employee ranking system 2023-01-24 — Vincent Leeuw

Blizzard uses an employee ranking system

In 2021, Blizzard, a unit of Activision Blizzard Inc., implemented a process called stack ranking, in which employees are ranked on a bell curve and managers …

Shadowgate… II?! 2023-01-24 — Vincent Leeuw

Shadowgate… II?!

Oh my torch! They are making an actual sequel to the one point & click NES game I owned that was both extremely unfair and extremely illogical. It's called …

2023-01-24 — Vincent Leeuw

Weekplay 202303

I’ve been playing more Astalon: Tears of the Earth (PS4) in the past week. It is too comfortable for me to ignore especially considering it ticks so many …

2023-01-29 — Vincent Leeuw

The Dungeons & Dragons Computer Labyrinth Game

At its heart overall gameplay is, as the name suggests, a turn-based maze crawl in an eight-by-eight dungeon. The raised indentations between board spaces are …

Spider-Man: The Musou 2023-02-06 — Vincent Leeuw

Spider-Man: The Musou

This week on The Story Arc, we shall be making a Musou roster out of Marvel’s Spider-Man! In preparation for writing this article I decided I would become a …

2023-02-08 — Vincent Leeuw

Weekplay 202305

Marie Kondo may have thrown in the rolled-up-and-vertically-stored-in-a-cardboard-basket towel, but developer Futurelab (previously of Velocity 2X-fame) has …

2023-03-06 — Vincent Leeuw

Spelweek 202309

Terug van weggeweest. De laatste paar weken waren best druk op zowel werk als op persoonlijk vlak, met als gevolg dat ik het bloggen even achterwege heb moeten …