A Little to the Left is a simple puzzle game about organizing things. It's well-done, and has some great music. It's at times both relaxing and a little frustrating.
Secrets of Grindea has been on and off of my Steam wishlist for more than a decade. It's been continuously worked on since 2013, and finally saw its 1.0 release last week. While I'm not usually one to pickup games right on release, the combination of the Mana-like combat, good reviews, and...
Terror of Hemasaurus is an arcade Rampage type game, where your only goal is to cause mayhem as a giant lizard dinosaur creature. It's good, mindless fun, but not something that held my attention for more than about 90 minutes.
Balatro is a poker roguelike. I've never been a fan of poker, but this game has gripped me. You start with a standard deck of cards, and score points by making poker hands. You have to score a certain number of points in a limited number of hands to win each round. It's quick and addicting.
With all the hype around FF7 Rebirth's release, I got in the mode to play the original game. I've never played it before, but I've heard nothing but good thing. While I'm playing the PS4 version of the game, it's clearly a 20 year old game with a slight facelift.
Go West is an informative game about the landmarks of the Canadian Rockies. There's no gameplay to speak of that I saw, but it's a cool little passion project.
My name's Mike, and this is the Lore Depository - my spot online where I can write out my thoughts on games, books, tech, history, and anything else I find interesting.
My biggest project is my Game Library Project. I have a ton of games collected throughout the years, and have barely played any of them. Check out the linked post to learn more about the project, and click here to be taken to the category page where you can see all my posts for the project.
Other content comes mainly in 3 forms:
• Reviews, where I post longer-form writeups
• Thoughts, short & quick first impressions posts
• Guides, detailed how-tos and walkthroughs
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