With Gordon Ramsay-like culinary expertise and barely concealed existential rage, the Sometimes Vaguely Philosophical Mage takes a peek at Overcooked! 2, which may or may not be as good as the first one.
Game Critique
Video game review
Marvel’s Spider-Man may just be the greatest Spidey film ever made, but with great hype comes great responsibility.
“I just had to escape, I just had to be free,
And I didn’t even know, I had a destiny…”
-Abe
Horizon Zero Dawn is a feast for fans of all things science fiction from Planet of the Apes to Terminator to Asimov’s Foundation.
The Punisher follows a rich tradition of incredibly fun and actually decently designed licensed video games by Capcom.
Cosmic Star Heroine is a combination of recognizable influences but it doesn’t let all that inspiration go to waste.
It’s refreshing how the game used real-life historical weapons, as it adds some authenticity to a fighting game set in the 16th century featuring a demonic, soul devouring weapon of chaos.
Vectrex, Tim Skelly, and Armor Attack may not mean a whole lot to many millions today but learning more about this era of gaming with its ghostly vector lines can be fun.
Slime-san: Superslime Edition worms its way onto PS4 and it’s smarter, faster, and tougher than you. An evolutionary advantage.
It is better to conquer yourself than to win a thousand battles. Then the victory is yours. It cannot be taken from you, not by angels or by demons, heaven or hell.
-Buddha
The Sometimes Vaguely Philosophical Mage does his best to get to grips with Cultist Simulator, but gazing too long upon the Old Ones has been known to cause loosened grips…
Moonlighter asks the real questions: What happens when the lights go out in a normal RPG item shop? How do they get their wares?
Victorious warriors win first and then go to war, while defeated warriors go to war first and then seek to win.
-Sun Tzu, The Art of War
Tired of the fast lane? Shape of the World is simple recreation, accessible entertainment, picturesque at best, and easy going.
This oceanic shmup can sate even the most earnest yearnings for exploration, but is there anything worth discovering in its simplicity?
The cycle of crafting and exploration remains unbroken but is there more to Smoke and Sacrifice than the Loop?
White Night gives you enough space to feed the experience with your own imagination. Are you afraid of the dark?
I like living in my head because in there, everyone is kind and innocent. Once you start integrating yourself into the world, you realize that people are nasty, mean creatures. They’re worse than zombies. People try to crush your soul and destroy your happiness, but zombies just want to have a little nibble of your brain.
-J.Cornell Michel, Jordan’s Brains: A Zombie Evolution
Pensive and unhurried, The Fall takes its time exploring its themes as you explore its darkest labyrinths.
Is Overcooked a fun couch co-op experience about the joy of creating delicious meals, or a treatise on the inevitable descent of all things into chaos? The Sometimes Vaguely Philosophical Mage says: why not both?
No thief, however skillful, can rob one of knowledge, and that is why knowledge is the best and safest treasure to acquire.
-L. Frank Baum, The Lost Princess of Oz
“Children see magic because they look for it.”
― Christopher Moore
It’s the ship that made the Kessel run in less than twelve parsecs. I’ve outrun Imperial starships. Not the local bulk cruisers, mind you. I’m talking about the big Corellian ships, now. She’s fast enough for you, old man.
-Han Solo, Star Wars: Episode IV – A New Hope
What would an ocean be without a monster lurking in the dark? It would be like sleep without dreams.
-Werner Herzog
I may not look like much, but I’m an expert at trying to be a ninja.
-Darynda Jones, First Grave on the Right
Give me the splendid silent sun, with all his beams full-dazzling…
-Walt Whitman
