The Lore Depository

Brushwood Buddies

February 1, 2026 | Reading time: ~1 minute

Brushwood Buddies is a cute little puzzle game in the vein of Doodle God.

Killer of Men review

January 31, 2026 | Reading time: 2 minutes

Killer of Men is the first novel in Christian Cameron's Long War series, which follows Arimnestos, a Greek warrior (and historical figure) during the 5th century BC. It's centered on the Greco-Persian Wars, and this first novel mainly focuses on the Ionian Revolt and the buildup to more famous...

Need for Speed: Unbound

January 27, 2026 | Reading time: ~1 minute

Need for Speed Unbound was released a couple years ago, and was made a free January PS Plus game. It's been on my radar for a while, but the middling reviews always put me off from buying it, even cheaply.

Thoughts on the Dragon Quest VII Reimagined Demo

January 26, 2026 | Reading time: ~1 minute

Square Enix has pretty rapidly been remastering the Dragon Quest games, with 3 and 1-2 coming out in the last couple of years, and 7 coming out in February. Preceding its release they've released a demo, so I took a couple hours to check it out.

UFC 5

January 23, 2026 | Reading time: ~1 minute

I've played a few of the UFC games in the past, and while I like them, I've never spent a ton of time with them. UFC 5 was on sale, so I picked it up with some credit I had for the Playstation Store. It's pretty fun, and definitely the best UFC simulator yet.

Pokemon Living Dex Challenge Update #1: Kanto

January 20, 2026 | Reading time: 2 minutes

Over the past view weeks I've been working on my Pokemon Living Dex Challenge, and I'm almost done with Gen 1, probably my second favorite generation. I'm almost finished with FireRed, having beaten the Elite Four and most of the Sevii Islands postgame. The fast-forward feature has been a great...

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About

My name's Mike, and this is the Lore Depository - my spot online where I can write out my thoughts on games, books, tech, movies, 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.

Another project I'm working on is my Pokemon Living Dex Challenge, where I try to obtain one of each available Pokemon and transfer them into Pokemon Home.

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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