Patrick Rost



With a controller, familiarity is king. By that metric, the Gamesir G3s Wireless Gaming Controller is a success, and that alone highlights the positive design and functionality aspects that come with the device. All-in-one, sleek, and simple to configure, this controller delivers on almost every single expectation, except for one
by Patrick Rost
I guess that 2016 has taught me one important lesson: I really don’t know much about anything at all in this strange and fascinating world. I was wrong on what I believed the Brexit vote would be, I was confident that our presidential election would come out the other
by Patrick Rost
We all love to race, and love to be witness to a good race as well. Three times a year, the entire country watches a gaggle of horses sprint in an oval shape like it’s the first contact with aliens, and despite the fact we’re all just watching
by Patrick Rost
I’ve reviewed the other Franchise Hockey Manager releases in the past, and those reviews still provide a great view into that specific release. If I copied that exact review over to this new one for Franchise Hockey Manager 3, that wouldn’t affect the quality of what I wrote
by Patrick Rost
JRPGs are stagnating, that’s pretty well known and low hanging fruit at this point. Some are finding comfort in that stagnation, while others are tinkering with ways to make JRPGs feel familiar, while also providing a relatively new experience to players. Exist Archive: The Other Side of the Sky
by Patrick Rost
After years of lampooning faux gaming consoles, the Neptunia franchise gets a partner, finally, that allows it to make some references to some real part of gaming history. Superdimension Neptune vs. Sega Hard Girls pairs a cutesy JRPG meta-adventure with the human embodiments of Sega’s failures, successes, and historical
by Patrick Rost
Video game evil, when perpetrated by the player themselves, has two faces. The first is psychotic, with the destruction of planets, murder of innocents, and ceaseless Goomba stomping. The second is a sort of “Scarlet Curiosity”, where the protagonist is overpowering, unstoppable, and completely over it. Murder, violence, and savagery
by Patrick Rost
I think it is fairly common for young teens to get interested in ghosts and the occult. Be it a surface level interest or a lifestyle driving obsession, at some point the urge to go into an abandoned graveyard, long decrepit hospital, or burned out schoolhouse with a tape recorder
by Patrick Rost