I’m not big on military shootymans games to begin with, but I can help but feel that themost recent Battlefield game hasn’t quite been as much a part of the zeitgeist as in previous years. Hardly anybody shares clips of their Battlefield prowess, and nobody really talks about the game. I can’t say why – because by all accounts it’s a good game at its core. I do suspect though, that it partly has to do with the game’s staggered content release that was done in a way that made it seem like the game wasn’t finished when it shipped.

Not just a completely new direction in terms of genre for CD Projekt Red after they made a name for themselves with the Witcher trilogy, Cyberpunk is also the type of game whose landmass rejects sprawling acres of forests for more congested urban decay. According to CDPR, the Cyberpunk 2077 map is also just like me: Incredibly dense.

Comic book pages that rip your way through. Big freakin’ guns that you can wield against fearsome foes. Boss fights that’ll push you to your limits. If you had any of those elements within an action platformer, you’d have my interest, but to have all three of them existing in visceral harmony inside of a single game? Now you’ve got my attention.

I’ve recently been on a bit of a retro gaming binge lately. I was lucky enough to acquire a NES Mini, loaded an abundance of games on it and it’s been a truly fascinating experiment talking a look at where a lot of commercial home gaming started. It’s also really interesting to note how BULLSHIT a lot of those early …

If you're not going for a straight-up shooter, then you're going to need to get smart. From all indications, it is. To play John Wick Hex, you need to play with time.

Okay, full disclosure: I was never not going to love this. I’m an Avengers fanboy, have been before the MCU turned Captain America and Iron Man into household names even your grandparents have heard. I was so excited to get hands on with The Avengers, frothing even, and I’ll state this up front: I loved every single second. The characters, …

It’s all about choice. There are very few games at Gamescom that are generating the hype to match Cyberpunk 2077. Everyone knows it’s coming, and that it is a very large deal. T-shirts are everywhere. The Cosplayers are growing in number. The merchandise is flying off the shelf. CD Projekt Red know that we are waiting. We’ve been waiting patiently …

There are not many things I’m confident about in my life. It’s a short list and as the world continues to spiral into further absurdity, it’s only getting shorter. If you were to ask me what these convictions were, I’d say that I knew, beyond a shadow of a doubt that the sky is blue, tomatoes are disgusting and the Final Fantasy 7 Remake was never coming out.