R.I.P. E3 2023 [Showcase Ranking] – Who Won This Whole “Summer of Game Fest” Thingy?

Kids. This is complicated. This time of year for us crazy hardcore gamers used to be called "E3 Season", named after the now seemingly deceased annual mega video game convention -- Electronic Entertainment Expo (better known as E3). Every bit of gaming reveal news, trailers and gameplay was always grouped under this easy as hell …

THE LAST OF US [TV Show Review] – On The Yellow Brick Road.

HBO’s highly anticipated adaptation of Naughty Dog and Sony’s groundbreaking video game The Last of Us is finally here. The video game was lauded as GOAT since its release in 2013 earning unanimous praise and getting two remasters and, a not so beloved, sequel. With fans hyped since the casting of Pedro Pascal and Bella …

THE GHGAMER AWARDS [Best Video Games of 2022] – The ‘Ring’ of Power.

1. Elden Ring – When I was becoming fatigued of open world games, Elden Ring somehow managed to refresh the genre. I haven’t felt this much freedom in a game where my path and interpretation of the story was completely different from everyone else who played. It improved the Souls formula by a tenfold while …

MOODY’S BEST GAMES OF NOT-E3 2022 [Top 25]: Summer Scares-City.

Seeing how E3 died (then was recently resurrected by the ESA for live and digital action in 2023) and there were only four true video game "press conferences" this year -- PlayStation's State of Play, Geoff Keighley's Summer Game Fest, IGN's Summer of Gaming, and, of course, the Xbox/Bethesda Showcase -- I didn’t think I'd bother …

HORIZON FORBIDDEN WEST [Review]: A Beautiful, Bloated Adventure.

When Horizon Zero Dawn didn’t win GOTY in 2017, I teared up. When I revisited Zero Dawn in preparation for the sequel, I discovered the game wasn’t as strong as I remembered. I figured that perception stemmed from the game’s age showing; but, after playing Horizon Forbidden West, I realized that maybe this open world …