Not A Game Review

I almost gave up on BioShock. Another one of my Steam sale acquisitions - yes, I bought it along with SOMA, if you were wondering - this was a game I had always wanted to play but never got around to actually playing it.                                                                                                     I also got the Remastered version bundled with the regular one - of course I opted to install the former. And turns out it had audio issues. I lost all sound after the intro. Apparently, it's a very common issue, but none of the fixes - that seemed to help everyone - could help me. I tried everything - from obscure forums to the Steam forums to random sites - and nothing worked. After two days, I uninstalled the gam...

I'll start by saying this- I'm not a fan of the horror genre. I hate the fact that I'm not brave enough to sit through horror movies, while almost everyone I know brags of doing just that. I hate the fact that horror has the potential to reward me with sleepless nights, even though I'm an adult and know very well that those "things" cannot get to me.  And yet, I ended up purchasing SOMA during a Steam sale. I don't know what made me make up my mind - the heavy discount (I got it for less than 100 Rupees (that's like $1.40 as of 10:44 pm on 16 Feb. 2019, in case you were wondering) or all the praise the game has received. In hindsight, it was one of the best decisions I've ever made.                                                                   SOMA is a unique experience. It's the best atmospheric horror I'...

It's been a while since I played this (I played it shortly after I promised to write about it the first time), but it's a testament to the quality of the game that I'm attempting to talk about it after all this time. I usually avoid writing about games that I played a long while ago (that's why you don't see titles like The Wolf Among Us, Among the Sleep, San Andreas (the game, obviously) on this blog).  So, Hellblade. First off, it's gorgeous. I had a hard time believing it was an indie game (it's self-described as an "independent AAA game"). I loved every component of the game - be it slashing down enemies or aligning runes. And the performances - both voice and motion capture. Just amazing.                                                  I won't discuss the plot - it's much more fun when you go in knowing very little besides the fact that it...