Review: Submerged (2016)

A lot of exploration games exist. Sadly most of them involve facets of gaming that can be a hindrance if not implemented well or play styles that not everyone enjoys. Survival tactics, psychological horror, or incoherent stories tend to be factors. Some exploration games turn out to be nothing more than linear “walking simulators”. That’s […]

The Widescreen.org Movie and Media Podcast #127

Yes, I know. I seem to keep skipping the even numbers when I post my podcast here, but I assure you that they’re all there! In the latest podcast… Xbox One HDMI pass-through is broken although Microsoft (of course) tries to downplay that, my brief thoughts on Thor: The Dark World, UHD TV found on Amazon for […]

As My PS4 Sits Idly By

Here I sit with a new, launch-day PlayStation 4. I have had none of the problems that a few people have supposedly been having. The blue light of death and the red line of death have thus far been absent. Standing proudly next to my PS2-emulation PS3 (with a recently-upgraded 500 GB hard drive), the […]

Review – “Dust: An Elysian Tail”

Every now and then, a game is released that has the perfect balance of story, gameplay, graphics, and music, but usually it comes from one of the big game developers. Such games give the player an emotional roller coaster to the point that there’s a sadness when it all comes to an end because you […]