DEUS EX: THE CONSPIRACY(!)
Decided it was time to start a new game and SURPRISE! my favorite game of all time (ok, the PC version is still the best but I’ll take what I can get) is finally available on current gen systems. True test will be if the controls - it’s an emulation of the PS2 version - drive me insane but for now…
DAYS GONE REMASTERED (2025)
Finished it the other night and found it to be a - sometimes by turn, sometimes simultaneously - heartfelt, involving, repetitive, enraging, buggy, fun, cacophony of more-than-occasional brilliance that delivered that unicorn of my gaming tastes: an open world that, thanks in no small part to traversing the wilds of Oregon on a customizable motorcycle (though the inability to carry a spare fuel can was, by far, the most mystifying part of the experience) and its SOA-meets-RED DEAD-meets-LAST OF US pedigree, was a distinct pleasure to explore and/or seek out growlers, polystyrene, kerosene, and cultists that needed dispatching. Thinking: while it lacked the narrative heft and clear direction of THE LAST OF US, it's that very lack of heft and direction mixed with even more interesting characters that would've – should've – made it the obvious candidate for series adaptation. Far easier to surprise and take in different directions. Alas.
SILENT HILL F (trailer)
Looks like it’s going to go full Junji Ito here - and I’m so very, very there for it.
RE9 (trailer)
yesssss
"...another teachable moment?"
Had me from the beginning, but using the OHMSS music (still the best in the franchise, including the Bond theme itself, there I said it) was the olive in the martini. Can’t wait to play this thing.
The most important life lesson that a lifetime of playing video games has taught me is to kick every crate I see.
