Loss aversion. The cognitive bias is where it hurts a lot more to lose something than to gain something of equal value. Where a person would rather not risk losing something even if there’s an equally good chance of gaining something just as good, sometimes even more...
At this point, I’ve reviewed several titles from RGG and the Yakuza series. Starting from Lost Judgement, Ishin, Man Who Erased His Name, and so on. It actually places me in this kind of strange place where I know the series quite well, but at the same time,...
Lost Soul Aside is a game that finds itself in a peculiar position. And yes, I’m behind on reviews, but that doesn’t mean I won’t do them. Having the months pass gives me the opportunity to take my time with how to tackle my opinions about the title. Since reviews are...
Whenever someone says something about a gaming phone, many would think it would be expensive and high-end, something that only select gamers can own. But nowadays, new brands are offering entry-level to mid-level gaming phones as a good intro for those who want to...
It was 2020: a year that can only be described as transformative in many ways due to the emergence of a global pandemic. With a majority of people around the world being forced to stay at home, video games have taken a more prominent role in providing entertainment...
There are not a lot of game titles that have had an appearance on almost every console generation I can think of. And a humble old 2D action platformer happens to be one of them. Shinobi is a series that started around 1987. That makes Joe Musashi, the original...
When it comes to gaming laptops, some would look for performance, while some look for portability. And then there are some that wanted aesthetic, something that would stand out when they are in a public place, or perhaps something that helps show off their...
Hideo Kojima is a creator with whom many gamers have had a somewhat complex relationship, one that I, too, share. His works created and defined its own genre, and continued to be the master of that domain for many years to come. His finest works would come out of the...
When a game format or formula is explosively successful, there are bound to be a lot of copycats. We’ve seen this happen with MOBAs, Auto Chess, Dark Souls, and rougelites. Many of them maybe get close but do not really deliver, some of them get there to some level of...
Assassin’s Creed, a series that has, for better or worse, changed over the many years of its pedigree. Some of these changes caused concerns to full-on controversy whenever they made the next title. AC Shadows is on the extreme side of the latter, getting wrapped in...