The Counterproductive Karma Bar of Red Dead Redemption 2

Like most of the known world, I am playing Red Dead Redemption 2. I feel like I’m still pretty early despite investing a significant number of hours into the game already. Overall, I’m enjoying it. While it’s not a game without flaws, the Rockstar formula makes for a very engaging and unique experience in video games.

One of the choices Rockstar made within the game is one I keep bumping up against, much to my own chagrin, it’s the karma system. Dubbed as Honour within this game. It feels really out of place, not only that, it feels dated.

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A Late Halloween: Is it possible to make a modern slasher that isn’t self reflective

Original plan was to get this up on Halloween itself, but you know me, I’m really not very good with deadlines at the moment. Rather than boil this down a shorter, condensed review, I realised there was more to unpack here than perhaps a quick review could cover. Watching the latest instalment/reboot of the Halloween franchise, I wonder if the slasher genre can exist anymore without being self aware.

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Super Dragon Ball Heroes is screwing up my headcanon – Episode 5 Review

Did this show just imply that Super Saiyan 4 was a stronger transformation than Super Saiyan God and Blue? I’m sorry, but I feel like this is doing all it can to just rub me the wrong way. It’s made all the worse by the fact that this was one of the more interesting episodes on a conceptual level.

This episode starts with a total disregard to the line uttered by Cumber at the ending of the previous part, having recognised something about Goku’s Super Saiyan God transformation. Now Cumber and Goku are battling it out. Albeit briefly before Goku gets beaten into the ground pretty quickly.

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