Deleted Saves

My thoughts on The Lord of the Rings: War in the North on the Xbox 360. A side story to the some of the greatest high fantasy novels ever written, and it's actually good, I promise.

My thoughts on one of the greatest Westerns told in video games, Red Dead Redemption. Strap on your shootin' irons and get ready to wade into a messy past that says more about us in the modern day in cinematic Rockstar Games fashion.

My thoughts on the very awkwardly titled Arcanum: of Steamworks and Magick Obscura for PC. A game of elves and dwarves and men, with magic and steampunk revolvers, created by the Fallout 2 developers. As you will see, it is not all sherry and cigars in this Problematic Favorite, with special reference to a home brew D&D campaign of mine.

My thoughts on Silent Hill on the PlayStation 1. Monster as metaphor is the enemy of the day in Small Town U.S.A. as our "everyman" soon discovers, and the landscape of games changed forever.

This week I roll up my sleeves, crack my knuckles, and jump into the fighting ring with a really awful PS1 fighter based on the very wrong type of property for this sort of game by a company who damn well should have known better. Iron and Blood: Warriors of Ravenloft, we need to talk...