Assassin’s Creed Odyssey
How could World of Warcraft transmog be improved?
Whenever a transmog system is introduced into one of the many games I play, I immediately look at it and debate whether or not it would be a good fit for World of Warcraft, the game that taught me how much I love transmog.
What draws you to play a video game?
I have pretty weird tastes in video games, I suspect.
What games just hit that perfect dopamine spot in your brain?
Honestly, one of the reasons I'm still playing Diablo 3 all these years later (it came out in 2012) is because it still has this perfect gameplay loop that sparks a mellow, relaxed feeling for me.
What games do you play for consolation?
It has been a really terrifying, hellish month and it's only the third day of it as I write this, and so, as a coping mechanism I've been playing a lot of Fallout 4. Yes, that's right, I deal with stress by playing a game where humanity blew up the world.
What moments in games have emotionally affected you?
Sometimes our games -- the ones we play, that become part of our lives -- can actually get under our skin.
Assassin’s Creed Odyssey and Assassin’s Creed Valhalla both get ambitious crossover DLC today
This is something I don't think I've ever even heard of a game doing -- Ubisoft Quebec announced via Twitter that they're releasing two new Assassin's Creed DLC simultaneously, with the announcement happening the day before the DLC drop.
Immortals Fenyx Rising is the best game no one is talking about
Ubisoft put out quite a few games in 2020, but as much as I loved Assassin's Creed Valhalla it wasn't my favorite game they made last year.
Box art, representation, and why I’m so bored of grim-faced dudes as the face of my games
Do a google search of Assassin's Creed Valhalla and look at the images.
Assassin’s Creed Valhalla displays the evolution of a franchise into a complex, but classic, RPG
Just for a sense of the scale of Ubisoft's latest Assassin's Creed game, Assassin's Creed Valhalla, I am just now probably at the 1/3rd mark.
10 more games you should play while we’re all quarantined
Here are the games I think you should play while you're stuck inside waiting for COVID-19 lockdown to end -- y'all remember the drill, I assume, from when Anna wrote up a heap of games to play while stuck in.