Koei Tecmo’s GUST Studios is back with a new spin on its Atelier franchise, in the form of Atelier Ryza: Ever Darkness & the Secret Hideout. As a total newcomer to the series, I decided to share my thoughts on Atelier Ryza ahead of its October 29 release.
Mortal Kombat is known for its brutal, over-the-top violence. Despite my familiarity with the series, I’ve never stopped and thought, Wow, they staggered away from that? That looked costly. That is, until today. Armed with little more than a selection of YouTube videos, a really shady-looking Google Search history, and a passable knowledge of human anatomy, I hope to uncover the medical costs, or “Kosts,” of Mortal Kombat 11’s Fatal Blow mechanic, ranked by character from least to most damage dealt.
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.
Welcome to the latest Punished Notes, a series of my always-evolving and rarely consistent thoughts on the video game world. For this latest edition, I get into how Gears 5 criticizes military superpowers, the lovely remake of Link’s Awakening, and the annual joy of pumpkin-flavored stuff (happy fall)!
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.
Overwatch is coming to the Nintendo Switch this October, and I couldn’t be more excited for it to arrive and completely ruin my life.
Fresh off of 2018’s chart-topping Beerbongs & Bentleys, Post Malone is back with his third studio album, Hollywood’s Bleeding. Read on for our full review.
Welcome back to Punished Notes, where I (occasionally) release all of my blandest and most anodyne takes on the world of video games. This week, we’ll be looking at some of my favorite user-created stages in Super Mario Maker 2, why I can’t get into a recent game everyone adores, and how I got emotional over a movie trailer after three seconds.
If you’d like to make your very own Breath of the Wild-inspired mushroom risotto, then try our recipe! It’s got more steps than throwing things in a wok, but this one sure is tasty.
