HeroQuest: The Castle of Mystery

This teleporting puzzle box separated the heroes across a deadly dungeon. How many would survive to escape?

March 16, 2024 · 5 min · 951 words · Tipa

Pokémon: The New(ish) Addiction

With both Pokémon Go and Pokémon Sword & Shield going on, it’s pretty much peak Pokémon at the moment.

February 21, 2023 · 7 min · 1456 words · Tipa

Ogre Battle, Blaugust, Steam Deck, V Rising, and Guild Wars 2

Each of these probably should get their own posts, but I am exceedingly lazy. Commander Rhade is finally dead for good this time. Starting off with Ogre Battle – about halfway through at about 25 hours in. The plot has a lot of twists and turns. Modern RPGs could learn a lot by looking at these old classics, and I really regret not playing this game back in the day. ...

July 18, 2022 · 5 min · 872 words · Tipa

MMOs on the Bubble

I don’t play every MMO that comes out – not by a longshot. But, I follow a lot of gamers, streamers, and game developers, and between me and them, I see a lot of discussion about the new MMOs that come down the pike. Crowfall was released a couple of weeks ago. Suddenly, everyone was talking about it. And then, suddenly everyone was not. What did it all mean? I asked Google Trends to help me analyze searches for a dozen or so MMOs to help understand what all was going on with MMOs today. ...

August 7, 2021 · 7 min · 1474 words · Tipa