About Us

The purpose for us keeping this blog is twofold. As we’ve both loved writing about the games we play, this has given us the chance to keep a full record of game reviews, and it’s given us a consistent format that we can stick to. Given that our normal writing just ended up in posts or journal entries, we thought this was a good way to make it more permanent and accessible.

Most of what we play are RPGs, but often we’ll play platformers, action games, and puzzle games too. Depending on the game, we will use guides to differing extents, but will be sure to note when it has or has not been a necessity.

We keep this blog because we want to write the kind of reviews we’d like to read. That means we’ll try our best to avoid being overly subjective, objective, or biased. We know that a list of the game’s features is no more a review than multiple paragraphs saying a game is “perfect” or “sucks” is.

We love games, we know games, and we’re here to talk about games. We hope you enjoy!

-Anthony & Lauren

Review Criteria

Each category is rated on a scale of 1 to 10. For games that we play together, it's pretty easy to come to a consensus.

Graphics: We rate graphics not by current standards, but by the standards of each particular console. So while Metal Gear Solid 4 looks great by PS3 standards and deserves a 10, we would consider the same score for Metal Gear Solid 3 on PS2 or MGS1 on PS1.

We'll consider CG cutscenes when deciding on this rating; however, if it's only a pretty CG intro and the real game graphics look unimpressive, it won't hold much sway.

Sound: We consider music, sound effects, and voice acting for this one. Obviously.

Gameplay: How does it actually play? Even if we have fun with it, we won't be afraid to point out flaws.

Replay Value: For this category, we consider both game length and extra content. Even if the extra content isn't something that we personally enjoy, we'll still score it based on the effort. (Except in bizarre cases like Persona 3: FES, where the bonus content destroyed the original story for us.)

Overall: The overall score is not an average - it's our general take on the whole game. Let's say a game has great music, graphics, and tons of bonus content, but the gameplay has been poorly done and it wasn't remotely fun. It's probably going to get a 5 even though the breakdown was 9-9-3-8.

We decided to not include a "Story" category, since not all games bother to have a plot, yet can still be fantastic.

-Anthony & Lauren

First post~

My husband and I have decided to create this blog since we both talk way too much about video games. I tend to post in a private journal, and we both discuss games on a small forum. However, we figured we should plunk our reviews down here too, so that our thoughts on recent games can reach more people who might want a second opinion.

Real posts to follow! Thanks for your interest in our ramblings.