Playing the Narrative: ‘La-Mulana’
Arriving in a village outside the ancient ruins of La-Mulana, famed archaeologist Lemeza Kosugi is greeted by an elder, warning him of the dangers inside. The rumors say the ruins are the birthplace of...
Welcome to the Epilogue
Another Echo for a Timeless Legend: The ‘Dragon Ball Z: Kakarot’ Review
Though the story of Dragon Ball Z has been told countless times, I never grow tired of experiencing the tale. However, even a story as golden and beloved as Dragon Ball Z cannot carry...
Visualizing the Narrative: Introduction
Welcome to Epilogue Gaming’s first video series. We’re calling it “Visualizing the Narrative” because we want to explore how games use interactive visuals to tell their stories. To explore this concept, we will be...
The Top 10 In-Game Announcers
Many competitive games, and even some non-competitive games, give us some sort of disembodied voice to pair with our gameplay and drive the stakes just a little higher Some embrace the environment of the...
Is the First ‘Witcher’ Game Worth Playing? – Three and Out
When I got hooked by Netflix’s adaptation of the Witcher series, I was initially inclined to skip the first two games and dive into the universally acclaimed The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt. Against my...
Achievement Club: Play Games, Get Points, & Earn Prizes for your Accomplishments
Welcome to the latest evolution of Epilogue Gaming: The Achievement Club. After a lot of consideration, we’ve decided to shake up the process of our friendly competition. Below, you’ll be able to find the entirety of our small rule set and group of prizes. But to put it simply, Achievement Club lives by a single ideal:
Play Games, Get Points
A Case of the Post-GDQ Blues
Every time a Games Done Quick (AGDQ/SGDQ) event comes to a close, I feel a certain kind of melancholic sadness that reminds me of the end of summer break as a schoolkid. The GDQ...
Distinctly Human: A Critical Review of ‘Death Stranding’
Death Stranding is one of the most important games of this generation. So rarely does a game intentionally and successfully challenge the form to any memorable extent. Death Stranding is a mainstream title that...
Playing the Narrative: ‘Majora’s Mask’
Many video games have distinct differences between the narrative and gameplay elements. Each has a purpose, and sometimes they work at odds with one another. In games such as Bioshock and Uncharted, the player’s...
Epilogue’s Game of the Year for 2019
2019 was not an easy year to narrow down Game of the Year picks. When we had a meeting to discuss our Epilogue staff picks for this year, it became clear that many games...
An Epilogue to the Video Games of 2019: Our Highlights
As we wrapped up 2019, our staff members wanted to discuss our favorite games from the year. We agreed on some categories that allowed us all to highlight the treats that 2019 brought our...
The Top 10 Winter Themed Levels in Gaming
With the winter season upon us, I figured that it was a good time to look at some of the best winter levels that video games have brought us throughout the years. Through the...
‘Sayonara Wild Hearts’ is More Than a Playable Pop Album
Music has been a dominating force in my life for as long as I can remember. I picked up my first guitar when I was in 7th grade, and by 9th grade, I was...
Epilogue’s Guide to the Steam Winter Sale
Oh, the weather outside is frightful, but the fire is so delightful. So come inside, grab some hot cocoa, and let Santa’s special helper guide you through the 2019 Steam Winter Sale! It is...
Relishing the Opportunity to Be a Star Wars Game: A ‘Jedi: Fallen Order’ Review
It is Ben’s recommendation that you listen to Stephen Barton and Gordy Haab’s score of Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order while reading the review Jedi: Fallen Order relishes the opportunity to be a Star...
Paved With Good Intentions: A Series Review of ‘Life is Strange 2’
Life is Strange 2 is an awkwardly paced adventure game developed by Dontnod, a spiritual successor and sequel to the original Life is Strange, which fails to improve on nearly anything that made the...
Crossing the Border: ‘Life is Strange 2: Wolves’ Review
After a year of traipsing through the uninspiring world of the sequel to Life is Strange, I felt conditioned to expect that “Wolves” would be a flat note to a dull story. At first,...
‘Halo: Reach’ Finds a Home on PC
It seems clear that Reach is one of the biggest launches of the year. Subsequently, it now seems entirely possible to me that Halo just needed a new audience, and perhaps a new home.
A Video Game Thanksgiving: What We’re Thankful For
Thank you readers, viewers, and community members for making 2019 such a memorable year for us at Epilogue Gaming. To show our gratitude, we have compiled a list of video game things we are...
An Old Friend Back Again: A Review of ‘Pokémon Sword’ and ‘Pokémon Shield’
The Pokemon series is a juggernaut that, after seven generations, holds about as much history within it as it does have unique Pokemon (about 890 with Sword and Shield). With that history comes an...
‘The Outer Worlds’ is a Universe Worth Caring About: A Review
The Outer Worlds can feel really empty on its surface, but by digging into the characters and each of the words they have to share, it’s one of the deepest experiences the genre has offered in years.
‘Death Stranding’ and Depression
For many people like me, depression is an ongoing involuntary struggle with everyday life. Though most of the time I can course-correct by adjusting my habits, sometimes depression descends like a raincloud that can...
The Top 10 Video Game Chests
Chests have become so commonplace in video games that they are almost expected to appear in some fashion, especially when games like Fortnite infest the waters with their multitude of generic loot chests, diluting...
The Polarizing Reception to ‘Death Stranding’
Death Stranding has invoked some of the most exciting discourse that the gaming community has to offer this year, with some lifelong Kojima fans prematurely lauding the game as a masterpiece and industry skeptics...
‘The Outer Worlds’ is Good, But It’s Missing Something
Obsidian’s The Outer Worlds may be this year’s best reminder of how good storytelling can be in video games, but something has become abundantly clear to me a few dozen hours into the game:...
‘Call of Duty: Modern Warfare’ is Unflinching: A Review
There are very few first-person shooter games nowadays where I find myself more excited for the campaign than the multiplayer. Growing up, the original Call of Duty: Modern Warfare on the Xbox 360 was...
How ‘Luigi’s Mansion 3’ Charms with its Scares: A Review
Few games exercise their ability to transform what would be menial chores like vacuuming or cleaning into an experience that exceeds expectations. Luigi’s Mansion 3 serves as an example of what can be achieved...
Yooka Laylee’s “Impossible Lair” is the Hardest Boss You’ll Face All Year
Yooka Laylee and the Impossible Lair isn’t always a hard game. Just getting from the beginning to the end of a world is pretty simple, especially when you consider the available tonics that can...
The Forgettable Home Run of ‘Astral Chain’
Astral Chain wasn’t immediately on my radar for 2019, but it instantly smashed through all expectations as review after review praised it as a contender for game of the year. And the hype of...
Epilogue’s Guide to the Steam Halloween Sale
It’s that time of the year again, where ghosts and ghouls lurk around every corner. That’s right! Halloween is upon us and with that we have another Steam Sale to survive. Zach’s list will...
Sixteen Times the Irony: The Curse of ‘Fallout 76’
I’m not a superstitious person, but I am sure of one thing: Fallout 76 is cursed. Every time the game enters the news cycle, I uncannily feel like I’m reading news from a satirical...
2019’s Most Perfectly Punishing Platformer: A ‘Yooka-Laylee and the Impossible Lair’ Review
Among all of its flaws and triumphs, Yooka-Laylee and the Impossible Lair is a complete experience that doesn’t leave a stone unturned. Its levels are lengthy, packed with secrets and challenges, and its overworld...
How ‘Concrete Genie’ Paints its Narrative: A Review
When Concrete Genie arrived at my doorstep this week, I dropped everything and binged through the game. It’s a brilliant concept that focuses on wholesome themes, a unique art style, and fun painting mechanics...
‘Code Vein’ Review
Code Vein is nothing more than an indulgence in perversion with the excuse to play Souls-like combat. There is fun to be had here, but there isn’t enough to recommend it to anyone that isn’t already part of the extremely niche targeted demographic.
Taking a Ride with ‘Neo Cab’: A Review
I took my first cab ride in Guilin, China, in 2015, and I quickly realized somewhere between the radically sharp 90 degree turns, the language barrier, and choking cigarette atmosphere that I was more...
‘Borderlands 3’ Review
Borderlands 3 is like a fun, reliable friend who doesn’t know when to shut up. Every time the game gets rolling, it’s interrupted with a joke – and it’s not like the jokes are always bad, they just never stop. But that’s the world that Borderlands has built, and it’s one that feels lived in and fleshed out.
‘Untitled Goose Game’ Review
A few years ago, Canadian Geese flew several hundred miles south to where I live for the winter, but the gaggle never migrated back. Ever since, they have become an invasive, traffic-stopping, defecating, overly...
Three and Out – ‘Kind Words’
In the age of the internet – a maelstrom of confusion, corruption, call-out culture, and hateful rhetoric – I often find myself in need of a break from digital media. The question of whether...
Three and Out – ‘River City Girls’
There are far too few experiences nowadays that carry a similar air to the arcade scene, but recently we’ve been blessed with a fresh adventure, River City Girls, eager to scratch that nostalgic itch. Published...
Why ‘NieR: Automata’ is a Masterpiece
Somehow it didn’t click at the end of my first playthrough of NieR: Automata that there would be multiple routes to multiple endings: 26, in fact. As is standard procedure through most of the...
Three and Out – ‘World War Z’
Zombies have risen and plagued the Earth once again and I couldn’t be more bored of this genre. Growing up and watching movies like Night of the Living Dead, 28 Days Later, and Dawn...
Three and Out – ‘Control’
I fell in love with Control the moment I saw the first teaser trailer. Control breathed life into the supernatural space of mainstream gaming, borrowing from tropes and archetypes from series like The X-Files and Twin...
Three and Out – ‘Days Gone’
It is Zach’s recommendation that you listen to Jack Savoretti’s “Soldier’s Eyes” while reading. Drifters and rippers and freakers, oh my! Before we even have a moment to breathe, Bend Studio throws us into...
Putting Too Much Faith in A Series: ‘Life is Strange 2: Faith’ Review
The original Life is Strange series is one of my favorite games of all time. The characters, the worldbuilding, the magical realism, the soundtrack, the gameplay and how it’s integrated into the narrative themes...
Three and Out – ‘Trover Saves the Universe’
It’s time to get schwifty! Straight from the mind of Rick and Morty’s co-creator Justin Roiland and his video game studio Squanch Games comes Trover Saves the Universe. An action platformer where rules and...
Why I’m Excited For ‘Chicory: A Colorful Tale’
Chicory: A Colorful Tale, better known as Drawdog, is the charming new project by Greg Lobanov, the developer behind Wandersong – which was one of my favorite games of 2018. Even better, the game...
Three and Out – ‘Ion Fury’
The secret to time travel has finally been revealed in the name of Ion Fury. Developed on the same Build engine as Duke Nukem 3D, Blood, and the original Shadow Warriors, 3D Realms and...
‘Ooblets,’ The Epic Games Store, and Toxic Discourse
In yet another tirade, the gaming community has inflicted its most toxic behaviors on a small indie developer for the upcoming game called Ooblets. I have been following the Twitter account for Ooblets for...
S.S. Spoilercast – ‘Night in the Woods’
This month, we’ve got Dakota and Ayana diving deep into Night in the Woods, a tale about millennial dread, the fear of growing up, and how to move on from your familiar past. They...
