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Kirby's Return to Dreamland Deluxe review

March 4, 2023 | Reading time: 2 minutes

Last week I gave my thoughts on Kirby's Return to Dreamland Deluxe, a Switch port of a 2011 Wii game. I've now finished the game and my thoughts remain largely the same.

Excalibur review

February 28, 2023 | Reading time: 2 minutes

Excalibur is the conclusion to Bernard Cornwell's Arthurian trilogy, and is the best of the series. In Excalibur Cornwell masterfully brings to a conclusion plot points he's been weaving for hundreds of pages, and never once misses a step. Every character is given a satisfying - if bittersweet -...

A Way Out review

February 27, 2023 | Reading time: 2 minutes

A while ago I posted my initial thoughts on A Way Out, and now that I've finished the game I'd like to expand on them a bit. A way out is pretty unique, being co-op only, and that remains its biggest strength. Gameplay never really evolves past simple puzzles and QTEs, but this game isn't trying...

Hogwarts Legacy Review

February 22, 2023 | Reading time: 4 minutes

A few weeks ago I made a post about Hogwarts Legacy, and I laid the praise on pretty thick. I've now beaten the game, and while I still very much enjoyed the game I do need to dial back the compliments a bit. I've completed the vast majority of the game's content and seen the true ending, and...

Enemy of God review

February 16, 2023 | Reading time: ~1 minute

Enemy of God suffers, ever so slightly, from "second book syndrome". Clearly the second part of a planned three book trilogy, it definitely takes some time to get going. An improvement in some ways on the first book, with more developed characters and plots and schemes finally coming together, it...

The Winter King review

January 30, 2023 | Reading time: 2 minutes

I'm a huge fan of historical fiction and history in general, but I have to admit that beyond the broad strokes, I'm pretty unfamiliar with the legend of Arthur. Everyone knows about the Sword in the Stone, the Round Table, and Merlin, but I've never read the "source material" myself. So when I...

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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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