Over the past couple of years I have tried several times to get into the “Zelda”-franchise. While I played and finished “Twilight Princess” back when the Nintendo Wii launched, I never was able to really enjoy other games in the franchise. I always thought my enjoyment of “Twilight Princess” was mostly due to it being […]

My initial response to Diablo 3 wasn’t the best. I hated the fact that I needed to be always online, especially during launch week, where servers had difficulties keeping up. While I was happy that I could play by myself, which has been the way I always enjoyed the predecessor the most, I felt somewhat […]

Sometimes, you come across a game you are immediately fascinated by. When I first heard about Pony Island on a videogame podcast I listen to, I knew I had to get it. It’s a bizarre mixture of different styles of gameplay and tells a grotesque story at the same time. While it only takes two […]

I love Game Dev sims. Game Dev Story was one of those games that managed to burn away many hours of my life. It still is one of my favourite games on my iPhone. And for a long time, it was also pretty much the only game of its kind. Thankfully, Game Dev Tycoon came […]

There are some Anime I just don’t get. Sometimes, the concept doesn’t grab me and other times, it’s the execution that I feel is lacking. With Active Raid, it’s probably both, even though it’s hard to tell just by judging the very first episode. But this mecha Anime has made for a bad start into […]

If there’s a game I am pleasantly surprised by, it’s Mad Max. While some reviews were positive, most of them described the game as being yet another sand box with no real defining qualities that set it apart from other open world games. Sure enough, the game is a mix of Shadows of Mordor, the […]

If there’s a genre I never was able to get into, it’s the racing genre. Sure, I’ve had fun with Gran Turismo 2, Need for Speed 2 and Mario Kart, but nothing ever grabbed me for a longer period of time. This is probably why there are so few racing games in my collection: My […]

Over the years, I have collected quite a lot of games for my various consoles. But none of my libraries are as big as the one I have for my Wii, where I’m getting closer and closer to 100 games. I feel that I don’t play those games enough, so I want to start this […]

Als Splatoon zum ersten Mal der Öffentlichkeit gezeigt wurde, war ich nicht auf Anhieb überzeugt. Ein Multiplayer-Shooter, der auch noch von Nintendo selbst entwickelt wurde? Da wollte man nicht unbedingt sein Haus drauf verwetten, denn was Online-Multiplayer-Spiele angeht, hat Nintendo bisher nicht viel Erfahrung gesammelt (Nennenswerte Ausnahmen gibt es, darunter das exzellente Mario Kart 8). […]

If there is something I have always hated about the videogame industry, it’s regionlocking. While the practice is not unique to that branch of the entertainment industry, it’s certainly the most annoying when it comes to playing videogames. The frustrating thing is, that even though this is a really old practice, it’s still sticking around. […]