Josh Broadwell
@fionnthebrave
Freelance writer, seen on @gameinformer, @GIBiz, @ebertvoices, @inversedotcom, @NPR, @polygon, @RollingStone, @Variety, etc. He/him joshuaabroadwell.journoportfolio.com
I don't think I'll ever forget how the original version of this scene made me feel, even with just 1-inch scrunkly pixel blobs. Definitely a game for the ages (and still worth playing even with the fancier remake!)
My Bubbly Basin Pokemon must be wondering what sins they committed in a past life to deserve this present one
Yes yes Bubbly Basin. But also look how cute Graveler-mode Ditto is underwater
Had the audacity to move one road and apparently wiped out everyone like a plague
AAA labels: Chasing realistic graphics, ballooning dev costs, forever games, bad investments, gimmicks, crashing, burning, misery Nintendo: "Let's make freaks jump through hoops with music" and it's one of the best games of the year so far
"What's the hardest FromSoft boss?" Signing up for the Duskbloods test *apparently*
On vacation this week and getting into Anno 117. I choose to believe this measurement means there's a negative 383 percent chance of fire and my city is the safest place you could possibly be
AI could never do what I do* *open an AAA game review with a Muppet reference
If you have access to Bleak Beach, you can enter the region, go to the hut where Smeargle is (it's straight ahead from the point where you exit the cave and enter the ruined city), and swipe some utility poles. Go back to Withered Wastelands, put the poles by the windmill behind the Center, and boom
Been craving a dungeon crawler, and as luck would have it, look what's 70% off on Steam
"They call it shit island" "Why do they call it shit island?" Shit island:
Started playing the original Cities Skylines with a bunch of DLC. Farm district instantly became a hotbed of persistent criminal activity. I can only assume what they're growing isn't corn
4 looks seedy and gritty. 5 looks chaotic and violent. 6 has hardly any distinguishing features
How you know the local vet clinic doesn’t employ terminally online people
Put the cat in the laundry basket as a joke, cat pulled the reverse card, loves the basket, and has subsequently stolen my favorite chair
Not enough people are talking about the Street Fighter Theatrhythm mode in Rhythm Heaven Groove
If I had a nickel for every RPG dancer out for revenge, I'd have two nickels (maybe more? Idk). Which isn't a lot, which is a shame 'cause well-done vengeance stories are awfully good
Although ngl I'd rather it look like the tapestry than "here's that Wii U Zelda tech demo we never gave you"
Ocarina of Time does need a remake. The original is ugly and too empty
I don't know a damn thing about One Piece but you better believe I'm playing the restaurant management simulator
It's always been this, but it feels like it's even more this more often now
Treehouse Live means in-depth gameplay which surely means Fire Emblem Fortune's Weave