Browsing: Game Diary

of the Devil, releasing episodically over the course of five episodes, is an excellent murder mystery game I can’t stop thinking about.

For April Fools’ Day, I am admitting that I never played a game gifted to me decades ago. I’m righting that wrong.

After years of trying (and failing) to “get” Yakuza 0, I finally succeeded. Now I get what all the hype was about.

I expected Ghost of Yōtei’s “Watanabe Mode” to transform the entire experience. Instead, what I got was something subtler.

2026’s Dragon Quest VII Reimagined is a great RPG and a great game overall, but is it actually a good remake?

The tale of the Green Prince in Hollow Knight: Silksong is a tragic one, where queerness plays a role but not the role.

The Pokémon Pikachu 2 GS, a pedometer slash Tamagotchi from the late ’90s, brought me smiles, new friends, and an appreciation of walking.

In the inaugural edition of Backlog Brawl, I outline the rules of my new column and discuss why Sleeping Dogs still holds up today.

While Highguard does a few interesting things, it doesn’t do enough to stand out from the pack in good ways or bad.

There’s a particular joy in having a “forever game” as part of your daily routine. For Gary, it’s Threes!