After debuting on Apple Arcade, Shantae and the Seven Sirens has made its way over to major platforms. How does it hold up? Read on for the full review.
David Silbert
David Silbert
David is the founder of The Punished Backlog. He has a problem finishing games he starts.
Just beat: Donkey Kong Bananza.
Working on: Hollow Knight: Silksong.
Can't wait for: Metroid Prime 4: Beyond.
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The Last of Us Part II lives and dies by its inescapable allure. And this is what kept me playing for hours on end, unable to let go. (Spoiler alert!)
Coronavirus may be ravaging the globe, but games are eternal. On this episode of Weekend at Dave’s, I share my top 10 games of PAX East 2020.
2020 has already begun, but that didn’t stop me from taking one last look at the past. Here are a few of my favorite things from 2019.
For those of us who love, play, and appreciate video games, the end of the year is especially exciting because everyone gets to give us their Game of the Year lists. But why do we do these lists? Why do we care? Why should anyone? For this edition of Punished Chat, I spoke with this very site’s David Silbert about how we approach making our own lists, what we value, and why they exist at all.
RedBlue Games’ Sparklite offers an intriguing mashup of Zelda and traditional roguelikes. But is it worth a purchase? Read on for my full review.
It’s been over half a year since I visited the busy halls of PAX East 2019. Despite some extensive coverage across all four days of the trade show, there’s one game I just can’t stop thinking about, months later: the upcoming action-adventure indie Sparklite.
It’s no secret that anime game adaptations tend to be mediocre, but fear not! Here are some of the finest “traditional” video games that, with an open mind and a little ingenuity, you can find for your favorite anime.
Welcome back to Punished Chat. In this edition, I spoke with The Punished Backlog founder David Silbert to discuss the difficulties trying to manage our gaming backlog, how writing about games has changed how we play and what we play, and how there are too many damn RPGs we’ll never finish.
The Good Place’s fourth and final season premieres this Thursday on NBC. In preparation for the beginning of the end, I reflect on the show’s run thus far, and give some predictions for season four.