Ending on a High Note You’ve spent the entire game learning new mechanics, upgrading your skills, fighting boss after boss after boss. It’s finally time to face the head honcho, the final boss, your game’s…
David Silbert
David Silbert
David is the founder of The Punished Backlog. He has a problem finishing games he starts. Just beat: Nine Sols, UFO 50. Working on: Metaphor: ReFantazio. Can't wait for: Hollow Knight: Silksong. Follow David on Twitter at @David_Silbert to keep up to date with all things The Punished Backlog.
Settling World Affairs Like Actual Gentlemen People’s Chess was perhaps the craziest thing I saw while exploring Paris Games Week 2017’s bustling show floor. A small booth sandwiched between two other independent games, People’s Chess caught my eye…
Out Now on Steam Early Access There were a lot of excellent games to play at Paris Games Week 2017, from Monster Hunter: World to the new Shadow of the Colossus remake. However, among all…
Paris And All Of Its Wonders From November 1-5, Punished Backlog writer David Silbert spent hours exploring the halls of Paris Games Week 2017, taking in the impressive sights and sounds of the big games…
Around the World in 80 Power Moons To say that Super Mario Odyssey had big shoes to fill is an understatement. In 2007, Super Mario Galaxy essentially took the franchise someplace it had never gone before: outer…
Spider-Man, The Last of Us, and So Much More Well, that was thrilling. Sony just finishing giving their 2017 Paris Games Week conference. While the showcase was light in terms of new announcements, Sony still…
Tiny, But Deadly Difficulty in games has had a long and storied history. During the eighties and nineties, a hard difficulty was an integral part of the experience. The Legend of Zelda unleashed players out into…
Fine Wine France is a country famous for its food. Walking down the streets of any major city, you’re almost guaranteed to find various boulangeries, fromageries, and pâtisseries selling bread, cheese, and pastries from dawn…
To Anime or Not to Anime David Silbert: The summer officially drew to a close last Friday, ushering in the warm colors and cool air of autumn. In addition to the trees shedding and leaves…
A New Look At Rockstar’s Hotly Anticipated Sequel Rockstar Games just released a brand new story trailer for the upcoming Red Dead Redemption 2. Clocking in at just under 90 seconds, “Official Trailer #2” provides a…