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Discography Review: Turnover

For my second installment in Discography Review, I’m taking a look at a band that made a drastic change in their music over the span of their albums, one where the first release is basically unrecognizable compared to their most recent. Turnover,…

Discography Review: Dance Gavin Dance

It’s easy to love an album or two from a band, but bands with a lengthy career tend to have member shifts, changes in sound, and some albums that will certainly be more prolific than others. It’s compelling to see how one…

The Rise and Fall of Emarosa

Warning: The following article contains mention of claims of sexual misconduct. Reader’s discretion is advised. It seems with the ongoing outing of band members in the post-hardcore scene that no band, big or small, is safe from the current exodus. Bands like…

How Playing Games Benefitted My Long-Distance Relationship

Gaming can get pretty tedious when you’re stuck in the same habits, playing the same genres, etc. I decided to get out of my comfort zone and ask my girlfriend if she wanted to play some co-op games together during our regular…

Spongebob Squarepants: BFBB – Rehydrated (PC) Review

In an age of remakes and remasters, there’s always a lot of hype behind playing titles from our earlier years with a fresh coat of paint. The track record of this style of games has been fairly consistent in its positive reception,…

Sayonara Wild Hearts (PC) Review

It is extremely rare for a game to bring me to tears, but as I begin this review, there are a few in my eyes after wrapping up Sayonara Wild Hearts. I was reeled in by a brief trailer that I assumed…

The Almost Gone (PC) Review

While I typically enjoy playing a mindless shooter or platformer, I’m not afraid to broaden my horizons and try genres I otherwise wouldn’t. I had the opportunity to do just that with The Almost Gone. My puzzle game experience doesn’t extend much…

Waking (PC) Review

I’m always going to take issue with a game that can’t determine what it wants to be in its identity. Unfortunately, Waking is yet another case of a game that seeks to brand itself by inspiration from several other games. There’s elements…

Sludge Life (PC) Review

When a retail game is offered for free in its release window, that’s usually a bad sign. It could mean the game is half-baked, rushed for release, etc. Thankfully, it looks like it was a case of good will from the Epic…

Killzone HD (PS3) Review

In my excavation of my Playstation 3 library ahead of it officially being two console generations old, I found myself picking up the Killzone Trilogy at a local game store. I had actually already collected Killzone 2 and Killzone 3, but I…