Sunless Sea Video Review

Time for another review!  I've been sinking most of my free time into Sunless Sea lately, so I figured I'd share some of it with you.  Join me as we venture to the deepest ocean, far below the surface of the earth.  Ancient monsters sleep here as rats colonize islands, the king of the sea judges his drowned souls, a reef of living coral plays chess, and devils make deals with London Citizens.

Only upon the sunless sea.

Hand of Fate Video Review

Since we looked at an early access game last week, let's look at a game I've been playing since early access.  This is Hand of Fate, an addictive card/board game with rogue-like and deck building mechanics blended seamlessly with 3d arena combat.  The game has an insane amount of atmosphere and charm and is a fascinating experience for DnD players of all ages...or anyone, for that matter.

Darkest Dungeon Video Review

Hello, everybody.  Like most players and reviewers, I have become swept up with and addicted to Darkest Dungeon, which is a fantastic little game.  So, I decided to do a review of it.  My footage is...problematic, since fraps didn't want to record the game, but crappy or not, I think it gives you a good taste of what the game is like.

Enjoy

Christmas Special: Christmas Nights

Apologies for being gone so long.  I had a problem with my internet which left me unable to post any new Final Fantasy videos.  However, that can wait.  For now, I want to talk Christmas.

The holiday season is especially important for me.  It, above all other times, makes me feel at peace...happy...and this is exemplified in the tradition I have every year.  You see, once a year, near Christmas, I play a video game called Christmas Nights into Dreams.  And so, I'd like to share this tradition with everyone.  Please, enjoy this discussion on Christmas Nights, my tradition, and the holiday season in general.

Going on Hiatus for China

Hello, fellow gamers.  Well, I've been talking about it enough, but I leave for China in less than four days.  So, Video Game Growing Pains will be going on temporary hiatus.  Not sure for how long.  If I can create a new blog in wordpress or access this blog in China, then we will continue, but at a much slower pace, perhaps once a month, due to teaching career.  Otherwise, I'll try and find some way to update, even if I have to email my updates to a friend stateside and have THEM update for me.

I feel pangs of regret, as I wanted to do more creator spotlights, more video reviews, and a few more discussions on the nature of gaming.  I even debated about doing a video series with a Dark Souls character, acting as a sort of diary/adventure log, to show how games could give you the ability to create your own stories.

Perhaps someday.  In the meantime, I did do something fun a week or so ago.  Feel free to enjoy that, though it is not video game related.

Video Review of Tiny Barbarian DX

 

I've been busy this week and, in preparation for my discussion on Starquail games, I've done a brief video review of the Tiny Barbarian Series.  Give it a look.

Video review of Sang-Froid

Hello!  I know, I know, I promised a creator spotlight soon, but I got enamored with the idea of making my own video review for a game I dearly love, Sang-Froid.  So, I did.  It's amateuristic, certainly, and has the fraps watermark because I'm just a cheap bastard with no good equipment, but I did this because I wanted to give it a try.  So, please give it a look.  It's basically one of my discussions, but in video form.

Will I do any more of these?  Probably not, as even this short, 5 minute video took up almost 5 gigabytes of video data before I got it trimmed down to where it is.  It's just too time, processor, and space intensive for me to do it regularly.  Still, I might give it a shot again.  Who knows?  Not like I'm doing this for profit, so I could care less about the amateur quality of it.

Anyway, hope everyone got a kick out of this.  Till next time.