Matthew Rossi

So no one told me that I’d end up playing so much Metroid Dread when I started on Phantom Liberty.

Fortunately for me, when I get too upset and tense from being constantly chased by a killer robot, I can go into Starfield and be chased by an extremely sparkly person in a faceless helmet. Oh, and also often killer robots, mustn’t forget those.

What I’m saying is I’m spending a lot of time being chased by things in my off hours and it’s a touch exhausting.

Every character I play in most RPGs and MMORPGs are unique to me.

Do you guys remember the first time a game made you stop and say what the heck was that?

One of the many little things I loved about the Obi-Wan Kenobi series was how it basically highlights how the fall of the Jedi was the Jedi’s fault — how their failure to embrace the Force in all its aspects, the Dark and the Light, Hate and Anger and Love and the wild tumult of the heart, how their turning away from the will of the Living Force was their undoing.

 

I cannot believe how much I love the way Starfield implemented New Game Plus.

Like, I’m rocketing between extremes in terms of my blood sugar, which means I’m having these moments of twitching, shuddering, and in fact barely being able to function at all. After two days of being a sweaty wreck, I’m hoping my body will just let me sleep at this point.

Anyway, it’s the Queue, I feel like stinky hot garbage, let’s do this.

I've heard it said that no game is perfect -- even great games, nearly universally beloved ones like The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom or Red Dead Redemption 2 have aspects that annoy even the most staunch apologists.

Starfield has a lot of influences. The spaceship design borrows heavily from old 60’s and 70’s NASA launches like the various Apollo missions, while also feeling not dissimilar to Space:1999 if y’all remember that one. In terms of gameplay, it’s a bit of a mixed bag, with a clear line of descent from Skyrim and the Bethesda Fallout games — in many ways it’s a successor to Fallout 4 with all the addictive spaceship and outpost building you can do.

I get future envy a lot when it comes to games like World of Warcraft.

Despite recent changes, leveling in Diablo 4 remains slow — and with only a month to go in Diablo 4 Season 1, a lot of us are still a long way from max level.