The Lore Depository

F1 (2025) review

August 31, 2025 | Reading time: ~1 minute

I'm a huge fan of F1, and with this movie getting pretty good reviews I was excited to give it a watch. I enjoyed my time with it, but I think true F1 fans will be a bit disappointed.

Thoughts on the Sonic Racing: CrossWorlds Beta

August 29, 2025 | Reading time: 2 minutes

I've played some of the previous Sonic kart racing games, and they're pretty fun. This latest one, CrossWorlds, was not really on my radar, but it was on Steam with a free network beta test, so I gave it a quick shot.

The Skald's Black Verse review

August 24, 2025 | Reading time: ~1 minute

The Skald's Black Verse is a promising start to a trilogy, but unfortunately didn't grab me the way I wish it had. The setting is interesting, but undeveloped, and the POV characters are a bit one-note and uninteresting.

Torchlight II

August 23, 2025 | Reading time: ~1 minute

The Torchlight series (at least the first 2 games) is an excellent, pretty simple ARPG in the vein of Diablo. They have cartoony graphics, and simple but fun gameplay.

Yakuza: Like a Dragon

August 20, 2025 | Reading time: ~1 minute

Yakuza: Like a Dragon is the 8th mainline entry in the long-running Yakuza series, of which I've played 0-6 and a couple of the spin-offs. It's one of my favorites series, having a really cool mix of serious main story with funny side stories, tons of minigames and content, and one of the better...

Berserk vol 5 review

August 13, 2025 | Reading time: ~1 minute

This is another excellent volume, and Berserk is quickly becoming my favorite manga. There is so much detail in the panels, while never really feeling too busy. It's great stuff, and the story is gathering steam, characters are getting developed, and we're starting to see the beginnings of the plot...

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.

Yet another project I'm working on is my Old School RuneScape "Completionist" Quest, where I'm attempting to max out all skills and see everything the game has to offer as a completely new player.

Other content comes mainly in 3 forms:
• Reviews, where I post longer-form review writeups
• Thoughts, short & quick first impressions posts
• Guides, detailed how-tos and walkthroughs

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