The game of the early summer for me has been Shiny Shoe’s Monster Train, deck building game where the player transports a pyre through the nine rings of the now frozen hell to rekindle its fire. Along the way the… Continue Reading
Over the past month I’ve been playing through Valve’s Half Life: Alyx in my free time. For those unfamiliar, Alyx is a a prequel to Valve’s hugely successful and influential Half Life 2, but more importantly, it is the first… Continue Reading
In January for The Arena I challenged myself to play Celeste (2018) as fast as I could. I had just finished the game for the first time at the end of December and was looking for a game to speedrun,… Continue Reading
The 2010s have come and gone and as always there are a lot of retrospective lists coming out ranking the “best” games, albums, movies, shows, and whatnot of the decade. I figured instead of trying to delineate what games were… Continue Reading
On last week’s episode of The Arena, Janelle Malagon, Daniel Marques, Dave Stanely, and I played Super Smash Bros: Ultimate. This week’s show is a continuation of “Fighter Month” where we’ve played Street Fighter V and will play other competitive… Continue Reading
This week on our weekly show The Arena I had the unique pleasure of learning how to play Realm Royale, Hi-Rez’s battle royale medieval shooter game, with Janelle Malagon in the role of teacher. While I have played some battle… Continue Reading
Serious Play August 16, 2019 In the room: Nathan Humpal (playing), Kelly Brajevich This week, the Lunch Zoners played Playtonic Games’ 2017 platformer Yooka–Laylee, which borrows off nostalgia from the developer’s previous experiences creating the cult classic N64 title, Banjo-Kazooie… Continue Reading