Dishonored: Death of the Outsider or To die or not to die

The games I start playing and then end up finishing in more or less one really, really long session are rare. The driving factor usually is curiosity. I simply want to find out what happens next. Not necessarily because the story is so gripping, or emotional, as was most recently the case with Hellblade-Senua's Sacrifice. … Continue reading Dishonored: Death of the Outsider or To die or not to die

Epic Fails or What’s up with sales for WATCH_DOGS 2, Dishonored 2 and Deus Ex: Mankind Divided?

Christmas is just around the corner and so I recently decided to prowl the aisles of my trusted electronics store to see which games to add to my wishlist. I found two, actually, The Ezio Collection and The Last Guardian, but what really caught my eye was the fact that prices for WATCH_DOGS 2 and … Continue reading Epic Fails or What’s up with sales for WATCH_DOGS 2, Dishonored 2 and Deus Ex: Mankind Divided?

Dishonored 2: The Joys of High and Low Chaos

There is something comforting in family as well as in familiarity, though more so in family. In Dishonored, Princess Emily Kaldwin's family is somewhat dysfuncional. Her mother, the Empress Jessamine and de facto ruler, is murdered when she is ten and her father, Jessamine's bodyguard and spymaster Corvo Attano, wanted for killing her. Of course, … Continue reading Dishonored 2: The Joys of High and Low Chaos