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Remedy Entertainment Purchases Control IP Rights

Control is one of my favorite games of all time. I could talk for hours about how Remedy Entertainment perfectly executed the worldbuilding and set up a world endlessly ripe for exploration in the future. To my excitement, the future seems bright…

Control 2 Officially Announced

Control was a well-met game when it was released back in 2019. It had all of the best elements that developer Remedy Entertainment is known for and a setting inspired by the likes of the SCP Foundation fiction project. Later DLCs would…

Alan Wake Remastered (PS4) Review

I never played through Alan Wake when it was originally released. I’ve never really been a fan of horror games, but over the last few years, I’ve grown to have an appreciation for some of the games. After playing through Control and…

Control Spinoff (and Sequel) Teased by Remedy Entertainment

I’ll be honest with you. Control is possibly one of my favorite immersive games of the past few years, if not all time. I rank Control up there with experiences like Bioshock, Fallout 4, and other such games that immerse you in…

Control Is Free On Epic Games Store

Monday, Devolver announced they’ll be doing a drug-fueled nightmare on Saturday, and Oddworld Soulstorm might be coming to the Xbox Series X/S. By Tuesday, Devolver had announced a game I want to play, and Alexx got a colorful farm sim he wants to play. From Wednesday,…

Max Payne 2: The Fall of Max Payne (PC) Review

After having a rough experience with Max Payne 1 on Steam due to a shoddy port, I entered Max Payne 2: The Fall of Max Payne with tempered expectations. I was still interested in the series, as the story has drawn critical…

Max Payne on Steam is a Mess

It may come as no surprise that older games on Steam have some difficulty playing on newer systems. I’ve had frame drops with Bloodrayne II, Bully downright doesn’t work, it’s a standard affair. Usually, this stems from incompatibility between operating systems and…

Alan Wake’s American Nightmare & Observer Free On Epic

Well, I’m glad someone at the Epic Games Store has a sense of humor when it comes to these articles. At least it seems that way when there are four games I couldn’t care about less about. Nonetheless, let’s promote some nonsense I’d…

Control (PS4) Review

Pop Culture has practically built itself on the idea of the unknown. Vampires, werewolves, conspiracies, aliens, and so many other tales are built on this idea. Cryptids and stories about paranormal events are scattered all over Reddit and other sites, so it…

Alan Wake & For Honor Free on Epic Games Store

In last week’s Epic Games store giveaway, we saw the indie double bill of Moonlight, a charming rogue-like/lite, and RPG; and we saw This War of Mine, an allegory for living in communist Russia. Once again I’m staring down a double-barrel with…