This is Gaming Check-In, my new monthly series where I talk about the games that I’m playing in a casual, freeform manner! In this first installment, we have four games to talk about, so sit back, relax, and let’s chat!
Timestamps:
2:45 – God of War: Sons of Sparta
16:13 – Metal Eden
23:44 – My Hero Academia: All’s Justice
33:54 – Death Stranding 2: On the Beach
It’s finally 2026, and it’s looking like it’ll be another great year of game releases. Today, we’re talking the five games that I’m looking forward to the most in 2026!
The Game Awards are a couple weeks away and this year’s nominees have been announced. Let’s sit down and go over my thoughts/predictions on what games will win!
Capcom brought its new sci-fi game Pragmata to this year’s New York Comic-Con, and after getting some hands-on time with it, I’m excited by the potential it’s showing! Let’s talk about it with my hands-on impressions of the game!
The Nintendo Switch 2 is finally available worldwide, and I got my hands on one! Let’s unbox the system and see what my initial thoughts are of Nintendo’s next-generation console!
In the lead-up to the release of Avowed, my excitement levels were at a comfortable seven out of ten. I was looking forward to Obsidian Entertainment’s new RPG and expected it to be a good game, but for some reason, I wasn’t as enthusiastic as I had been just a year ago. Fast forward to now and after spending 15 hours with Avowed, it’s proved to be just the fantasy gaming experience I’ve wanted and needed for years.
I’ve played a lot of games throughout my 29 years of life, and there have been some that managed to surprise me with how much I ended up enjoying them. Today, we’ll be talking about five of these games and what caused me to love them as much as I do.
Sony’s live-service ambitions for PlayStation have been the subject of ire for many since their inception, and last week those frustrations reached a fever pitch with the news that two more in-development live-service games were being canceled at Bend Studio and Bluepoint Games. These latest cancelations have put a spotlight on just how poorly the company’s plans have panned out and highlighted a couple of truths that need to be addressed.
2025 is finally upon us and if the current game release calendar is anything to go by, there’s a lot to look forward to. Today, I wanted to share the games that I’m most excited about that (as of writing) are planned to release this year. Let’s get into it!
Death is something that I’ve become more acutely aware of in recent years. It started with the anime Death Note instilling the fear of a random, spontaneous death in me. Disney and Pixar’s incredible movie Coco elevated this fear to an existential level as I grappled with the terrifying thought of truly being gone because there was nothing to remember me after death. And now my latest playthrough of Cyberpunk 2077 put me on a collision course with my fears as it made me ruminate on the concept of legacy.
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