Pokemon Go (Android)
I finally got to try out the new raid system. Basically, during the daytime (there's a 9 PM curfew on this feature), gyms randomly spawn eggs that hatch into bosses. Some of these bosses are weak enough to take on by yourself, but most require one or two other players. If you manage to topple the boss within the time limit, you'll earn a chance to capture the creature using a certain allotted number of "prestige balls." If you run out of prestige balls before you capture the Pokemon, it will run away.
My wife and I took on Muk on Sunday. We both managed to defeat the 'mon in battle, but it ran away from her during the capture phase. It nearly did the same for me, as I used up ten of my twelve prestige balls. However, I managed to lock the creature in my tenth ball and finally added Muk to my Pokedex.
Alone in the Dark: Illumination (PC)
I have but one way to describe my experience with this game:
10,000,000 (PC)
I hit a point in this game where I couldn't level up any further, but I still hadn't attained a high score of 10,000,000. I feel I've had my fill of this one, though I might return to it now and then.
Axiom Verge (PC)
I started this one recently, and man is it a blast. I've taken out the first three bosses, gotten five shot types and snagged a few special abilities. Other than that, I attempted to explore the region beyond the third boss, but didn't manage to get far. I found a save point or two and decided to call it a night. So far, I dig this game. It reminds me of Metroid, but with more horror elements.
Abzu
overdrive Staff Jul 11, 2017
Skeleton Man: Saw it as a SyFy original and spent a good portion of the next day emailing a friend about it and just how bad it was. I think the best part was how, when they were introduced, the military protagonists all had these specific jobs listed for them. Some of those jobs had nothing to do with being in a forest, like a guy who had "underwater demolitions detail". There was a girl listed as a sniper, but wasn't any better with guns than anyone else. All made so much better by how these trained soldiers acted mostly like horror teens getting chopped by Jason. Just a great example of how to make a purely horrible movie.
Grave Mistake: Look, I'm not going to defend anything about this film, other than how the one guy had amazing hair and how another guy seemed to be having the time of his life playing THE WORST HUMAN ON EARTH. Sexist, racist, a total coward, completely incompetent, played to be equally loathsome and comic relief. I won't deny -- him and his over-the-top raspy voice carried me through this thing's cut-rate special effects and plot that really didn't get beyond "fight zombies, run from zombies, meet new people, fight more zombies, watch a few people die, run from zombies". I can legit see the "actor" deciding he was going to do his lines in a funny voice just to see who on the set could keep a straight face while he was delivering them.