Matt Roszak just knows how to make fun video games. His Epic Battle Fantasy series is some of the most pure, fun, distilled turn-based RPG goodness on the market, and the 5th entry is no different,
Psychonauts is a 2005 3D platformer from Double Fine. I've recently been watching the excellent documentary on the making of Psychonauts 2, and it's put me in a mood to play the original. While it definitely shows its age, it still holds up and is a fun play.
10mg: Cover Me In Leaves is a quick visual novel about a kids fresh out of high school trying to find themselves and make it our of their dead hometown.
The Geography is a neat little passive experience. Mountains are endlessly drawn and colored in while relaxing slow music plays. It's not something I would pay for (I got it in an itch.io mega bundle), but it is a nice alternative to having a lofi Youtube video in the background.
Sackboy: A Big Adventure is the newest game featuring Sackboy, who was introduced in the LittleBigPlanet games. While those games had a campaign, they were mostly focused on user-generated content: millions of levels were created, and while most were junk, there were some gems, just like with...
Shadows Linger is the second in Glen Cook's Black Company series, and is an excellent follow-up. It jumps ahead 6 years from the events of the first novel, and we find ourselves in a far-off western city called Juniper. It's less focused on the Black Company and Croaker, and instead splits the...
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
Click the links to go to each category's page, filtered by newest post.