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This is quite a good watch. The transition from "who dunnit" to actual psychological thriller is done tastefully, and retrospectively, you can realize, that there were respective hints here and there. Holland portrayed his role quite well, too, in…
This is a really good game. It is very short and simple, but the way the stray intertwines with the gameplay, the way emotions from the "real life" sip into the "fantasy", they way words are used in various ways through-out the game- this is an…
Overall, I enjoyed the game quite a bit. Quite interesting combination of old fairy tales' interpretations, metroidvania gameplay, including exploration and backtracking. But I do have some criticism to share.
I really liked this one. The atmosphere felt really similar to what Dark series had, but without the supernatural things. Even the music was really similar, and helped with the mood. The story itself was also quite intriguing, and my personal guesses…
First season of Ragnarök was pretty good. Maybe somewhat cliched with going for an "underdog" type of story, but quite decent still. Atmospheric, intriguing to see how the Nordic mythology will intertwine with modern Norway., and it mostly made sense…
Similar to the previous game, I think the art style is the main selling point still, although there are improvements in other areas. I like a more open world, although it is still quite linear. The notes, audio logs and side quests did expand the…
Before I review, I need to provide some context, since I will be going against general perception of the series. I am a man, but I come from abusive family: mother abused me mentally and physically, while father abused me only mentally (with physical…
If you think about it, Apple's "Silo" TV Series (and probably the book, too) is about a tech support specialist being asked to help with security maintenance in relation to some feature, with which they were involved during some random ticket, and…
There is a "darker" part in my history. This part is associated with digital piracy, so I generally do not talk much about it, but it had a very special moment in it, which kind of defined my views on good products and good communication with its…
The art is the main attraction here. Overall stylization and the sepia effect have some special charm. Gameplay wise it is mostly good, I think the most disappointment for me was the 5th chapter, because it made it much more obvious that fighting…
Very good fairy tail, with world and lore that I would love to explore more. It's linear but with enough nooks and crannies to where they do make sense, so I find it quite balanced in that sense. The fights, though...
On paper very interesting…
I remember the time, when I was proud to be Russian. Really proud. I stood up during Kremlin's clock chiming when we entered the new year. My parents laughed at me, but I felt that this a symbolic gesture to honor everyone's work in keeping the…
I came in without any expectations at all. In fact, I thought that I will drop it after 10 minutes (at the least the art style is not exactly my thing), but I stayed till the end and it hit me right in my kokoro. It's been a very long time since I've…
It is a good game. Good atmospheric story, ok gameplay. I think it was overhyped even for the time it came out, but "overhyped" does not necessarily mean "overrated". At least not in this case. I also think it is still somewhat better than TV series…
It took me 5 minutes of the 1st episode to understand that I will not be wasting my time on this show. Since this is what opens the series, I do not consider this a spoiler, so here's the stupidest thing (or things, maybe), that turned me off.
So…
Back in AprilChannel 4released a short TV series called "Naked Education". Today I was able to finally watch the last episode, and I still stand by with my review I posted onIMDBback then after first 2 episodes: we NEEDsuch shows.
Back in April…
I've been using growfit.fi for a month now. Unlike with review of similar services, which I did back in Russia, I did not feel like I have enough mental capacity to review every dish every day (since I am still adapting to new job), but I thought…
I know it all to well how just being in a certain place can reduce your anxiety. It was Helsinki for me. I am from Moscow, and before coming to Helsinki I never even realized how much “background stress” I was experiencing just by being there, until…
I wanted to write a small article about a different thing, but... Did you know that June is a Men's Mental Health Month? Seeing how little stuff related to it you see in social media (if any at all) compared to Pride Month, it makes me wonder: "Why…
I am not recommending this game, even though I have 127 hours spent in it, and probably could have spent even more, since there is still a lot to explore, but I do not really have any motivation to do that.
It is worse than Odyssey in my mind. One…
Around December 2022, I decided to join Arcada'sGame Design and Productioncourse. In some sense this was done out of desperation, because I was unemployed, not getting new interviews for a very long time, and since I wanted (and still do) to move…
So there is this new TV show, called "Naked Education". It got a lot of criticism, as some news articles say "fury" even. Checking the comments that people leave about the show, though... Well, they are exactly the reason, why I believe such show…
If you are using Windows (most likely 11, but could 10 can be affected, too), and you have a habit of looking into your Event Viewer for whatever reason you might have seen warnings like this:
And…
Below is analysis of loops and randomness done as part of Arcada's game designcoursedone withAnton Lindgren,Hijran KiroranandPauli Taimi.
A great game, that will be played for a long time and be remembered in history has a great…
As part of Arcada's game designcoursewe had 2 assignments where we had to analyze a game. Here's what my group (which besides me includedJade Allen,Jakob Myllymäki, Mathias Mäenpää, andOmar Escalante) has submitted.
For our first…
I was just a kid when I first read Frank Herbert's Dune. It was a relatively difficult read even though I was reading the Russian translation at first (later read all 6 main books in English). Herbert put quite a lot of effort in describing not only…
I tried liking this game. And the beginning was very intriguing in terms of the story, at least it felt that way when I tried a pirated version. A few first minutes were enough to tell me: I need to buy this, it promises to be good. So I did buy it.…
Very tough choice with Steam's yes/no approach, but I will choose "no". Gameplay-wise, or more specifically, shooting, riding a bike and general exploration - it's quite solid. The world is quite atmospheric, and portions of the story, can be…
"Refactoring". Arguably one of the most, if not themost scary words for a lot of developers. But why? And should you be scared of it, too?
First of all, what is "refactoring"? According to Wikipedia, "code refactoring" is restructuring of the…
Recently I applied to a tech support job atYahaha. Did not get a job, because there was someone more experienced than me, probably not in tech support, but in Discord specifically, because I do not have much experience with it yet, and that is was a…
I am currently doing theIntroduction to Video Game Creationcourse from XAMK, and as part of the course there is a requirement to prepare a "one sheet" for a game idea, as well as a character sheet. I can't say I am very imaginative in terms of…
Gods know, I was not planning on writing this article today. I had another one in mind. But Sony's tech support sent a long awaited reply and I was severely disappointed in it.
I have Xperia IV 1. I really do like this phone, I find it to be much…
I've just finished "Production module" of XAMK'sIntroduction to Video Games Creation.
I do not have much to say about the actual "Production" portion of the training videos, since from perspective of my limited project management knowledge (that I…
I was actually looking for potential desert, like cheesecake, but search for it on Wolt led me toRax, which had free delivery for my place (which is extremely rare, sadly), and while scrolling through it I saw "Dip box", which caught my attention,…
I just completed module 13 from "Introduction to Video Games Creation" fromXAMK, and I must be honest – it was a horrendous experience. I would not recommend this module to anyone at all. And this not because of tons of mistypes and frequent…
I am not a fan of neither isometric games (unless they are a proper RTS) or rougue-like ones, but somehow this game does make me spend some time in it and I do not mind that.
Below is a short "story" I've written as part ofIntroduction to Video Games Creationcourse from XAMK.
I walk along the plank to the wooden pier, and a guard escorts me to the office. During this very short walk, I hear a strange sound, as if a cry…
Ah…Control. Was supposed to be a big new hit fromRemedy. Even won quite a few rewards. I tried playing it when it got released and dropped it in like 15 or 20 minutes. Don't remember what exactly I did not like at that time, but recently, I decided…
I do not think I’ve shared this mystery before, and since I’ve recently finished watching "Berserk: Memorial Edition", I thought I’d share how I got into it.
For those who do not know "Berserk" (ベルセルク) is a dark fantasy manga by Kentaro Miura (三浦 建太郎…
Today I woke up with theme from "Jurassic Park" movies in my head. No idea why, but it made me reminisce a bit.
When I was a kid I was obsessed with dinosaurs. I had lots of books about them (with picture, obviously), went to some of the museum in…
This is the very first post I have made using this very website's UI. Well, the very first done on production instance, obviously.
Some may say: "What's the big deal? There are lots of blogs and forums." And, indeed, there are, but the forums "engine…
Recently, I’ve finished "Ghostwire: Tokyo". I have a love-hate relationship with it, to be honest. It’s not a bad game per say, if it was, I would not have played it for 26 hours, but it had too many things, that were annoying to me.
The story was…
Recently, I’ve finishedGhostwire: Tokyo. I have a love-hate relationship with it, to be honest. It’s not a bad game per say, if it was, I would not have played it for 26 hours, but it had too many things, that were annoying to me.
The…
"Hot Skull" is definitely better than I expected. It's far from perfect of course, but still quite a solid sci-fi from Turkey. I would not mind a bit more "sci" in it, they did not really go much into the explanation of jabbering throughout the…
Not so long ago, I’vepostedabout my poor experience with LiteSpeed support handling my ticket #945335. In short, I have an issue with directing custom error pages to a PHP script while also populating the redirect headers properly (as it turned out…
"Wednesday" TV series from Netflix is quite good. They even managed to keep the intrigue till the middle of last episode, which is quite rare nowadays. My only wish would be to have a better world-building, because it is almost non-existent here…
This game is ridiculous, but a good type of ridiculous. Surprisingly aged quite well, too, there are not so many games like that out now. I definitely want to play the 2nd game now, especially, since they say that some matters are discussed a bit…
Yeah, "Morbius" adaptation is not good. There were some good shots during fights, but they were far in-between. I think it fails the same way as Venom 2, but even more.
Venom worked, because Eddie was figuring out his new status quo, the movie was…
While "Black Adam" did have a few good shots here and there, it's largely forgettable.
Obviously, you should not be expecting an intellectual movie, but characters are quite flat (even Adam himself), lack proper motivation or "feeling of a backstory"…
You can’t test everything.
Had a case, that reminded me of this today and wanted to share this “tidbit of wisdom”.
It’s not a suggestion to not test, because you can’t test everything, no. Testing is your friend, whether it’s a code, an assumption…
