Most satisfying ending of any game in quite a while. Goes to show just how important a good ending can be in the grand scheme of things, as I said in my Yelp review for my local Asian massage parlor.

About as post-dad as post-dad gets, combining the three dominant components of the dad psyche: driving around, engine maintenance, and packing the shopping. Oh, and nuclear disasters.

It's clearly one of those games I prize that give an awful lot of ♥♥♥♥ about looking like it doesn't give a ♥♥♥♥

2nd Best of 2023: Talos Principle 2 is great as both a puzzle game and extended thinkpiece, but I suspect the reason it passed under the radar is because it's also not the least bit sexy.

I definitely recommend popping by this awkwardly-positioned convention booth, but don't complain if they've run out of complimentary snack bars and if the folding tables wobble when you lean on them.

I wanted to keep learning more about my situation and my party members; specifically, what they kept inside their underpants... It was vaginas.

So while I do recommend Viewfinder for the unique mechanics alone, it is a bit insipid, and like a hundred-meter runner collapsing before the finish line, a dash too short.

4th Best of 2023: Gosh, you know what, game, I could leave the saferoom but it’s pretty homey once you get used to it. OH GOD, DON’T MAKE ME GO DOWN THERE AGAIN! THERE’S A GIANT KILLER WEETABIX!

Challenge is important for catharsis. The success of victory is all the sweeter when there's a looming presence of failure; that's why it's important to have a few ugly bridesmaids at a wedding.

I just love what they've done with these orcs! They took this race of evil red-shirts bred only to fight and gave them actual depth. One of them even knew what a ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ metaphor was.