The Geeky Blogger
In the last entry of my gaming backlog countdown I went from 45 games to 40, and checked off five games I played on my PS4. This time, the five games I’m checking off are mostly turn-based games on my computer. A lot of them being games where you control characters on a grid-based map. Which... Continue Reading →
Me and my girlfriend Renate started playing Borderlands 2 on PlayStation 4 in October/November of 2017. But after finishing about half of the base game, we forgot the game a bit when we both gifted each-other a different Nintendo console for Christmas that year. We finally returned during spring of 2019, and have been fighting... Continue Reading →
I traveled to America for the first time in 2012. My goal was to visit Nerd Mecca, San Diego Comic-Con International. I had somehow been able to snag some tickets, and I was really exited to finally see Comic-Con with my own eyes. Tickets for Comic-Con are so coveted that they can run out in... Continue Reading →
Marvel's Spider-Man was my favorite PlayStation 4 game in 2018. The game's developer, Insomniac Games, perfectly represented Spider-Man's rogues gallery and supportive characters. And perhaps more importantly, they nailed Marvel Comics' version of New York City, and the movement mechanics of the titular hero. Swinging around New York in that game feels amazing! So where... Continue Reading →
Here's why I think The Riddler is the best part of the first two Batman Arkham games. The Batman Arkham series of video games were my first real dive into the deeper mythology surrounding Batman. I had seen the first two Christopher Nolan directed films when I started playing Arkham Asylum, but I had never... Continue Reading →
I was recently reminded of the existence of the 1993 video game Jetpack, when it was mentioned on an episode of the Watch Out For Fireballs podcast. This game is a fond childhood memory for me. My family often spent part of the summer with a friend of my mom when I was little. She... Continue Reading →
Around the time I was playing the first season of Life Is Strange, I attended a family gathering at my in-laws'. I overheard some of my younger cousin in-laws taking about video games. Having finally found some common ground with someone there, I joined the conversation.Soon it came time for me to tell them about... Continue Reading →
I recently started playing Kingdom Hearts 3, the most recent sequel to one of my favorite childhood games. The Kingdom Hearts series features a cast of characters from popular Disney films. But it also features characters from the long-running Final Fantasy video game series from Japan. The main character, Sora, is designed to fit in... Continue Reading →
Avengers Endgame is a time travel story, and an incredibly good one at that. Time travel has been one of my favorite tropes ever since I discovered Doctor Who. So it was great fun to see Marvel utilize this concept to it's fullest. And they even combined it with one of my other favorite tropes,... Continue Reading →