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 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 …

THE GHGAMER AWARDS [Best Video Games of 2021]: Power Your Dreams.

1. Returnal (PS5) – This is both critically and personally my GOTY 2021. Its sound design, smooth gunplay, diverse environments, eerie music, and ambiguous narrative all made this game feel new generation. Of all the games with dual sense and 3d audio integration, Returnal by far makes the best use of it. Most importantly, it’s …