Last week, I was playing Hades 2 for about 2 - 3 hours every day. It definitely became 'one of those games' where you play it as much as you can, and when you aren't playing it you wish that you were. It is so rare that I become obsessed with a game like this, and I always welcome it. I usually jump back and forward between numerous games throughout most of the year, but to find a game that takes my full attention and has the hour count to maintain that is a rare treat. Occasionally, this obsessiveness can go wrong in some key ways (See World of Warcraft, Satisfactory), but generally these are the games I want to play the most. I finished Hades 2 last week and have not touched it since, and really have no desire to. This happened because of one thing: Hades 2 had a really lousy ending. I was somewhat alerted to this from the place where all good video game opinions go to die: Reddit, or more specifically, the Hades subreddit. While scrolling through excellent fan art and go...

  When I first started this blog I promised myself one post a week, when that did not work I promise myself one post a month.... Hey guys what's been going on with you?!? Hahahaha...ha....   You Can't Spell 'Saudi Blood Money' Without EA Although the industry keeps putting out excellent (mostly) indie games on a near-monthly basis, it feels like it's doing its best to dig its own grave and jump right into the hole. The first horseman comes to us via Electronic Arts, as usual, with the announcement that the company will be completely bought out by the Triforce of Evil Capitalism: Saudi Arabia, Jared Kushner and a private equity firm for an eye-watering $55 billion. Now I've never been the biggest fan of EA, but they have, on occasion, made some games that I have loved. Ok, yes, this is mostly Mass Effect, but I have also enjoyed the Skate and Battlefield franchises. But this leaves me in a pretty awkward position. For one, EA was having one of the better years th...