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Review: šŸŽ® Silent Hill 2 Remake is a masterpieceā€™s masterpiece šŸŽ®

After receiving a letter from his wife Mary three years after her death, James Sunderland returns to Silent Hill, their ā€˜special placeā€™, where the letter says she waits.

He knows itā€™s impossible, he knows itā€™s insane, but James canā€™t quite fight Silent Hillā€™s call. Reaching his destination, James finds the town eerily empty and covered in a fog that seems to have a life of its own. Resolute in finding his dead wife, James instead will find nightmares beyond his imagination and painful truths heā€™d buried deep.

His survival, if possible, might not be worth itā€¦ Continue reading Review: šŸŽ® Silent Hill 2 Remake is a masterpieceā€™s masterpiece šŸŽ®

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Book Reviews

Review: šŸ“š A Killer’s Game is a compelling marriage of thriller and puzzle that fans of Squid Games can’t miss šŸ“š

FBI agent and former military codebreaker Daniela ā€œDaniā€ Vega witnesses a murder on a Manhattan sidewalk. The victim is chief of staff for a powerful New York senator. The assassin turned informant is Gustavo Toro. His code: hit the target and donā€™t ask questions. When Dani suspects a complex conspiracy, the only way to take down the mastermind is from the inside, forcing her to partner with Toro. Together they must infiltrate the inner circle at a remote facility.

Except itā€™s a trap. For all of them.

Locked in a subterranean labyrinth and held captive by an unseen host, Dani, Toro, and others must fight for their lives. Now Dani must stay undercover, unravel a bizarre conspiracy, and survive lethal puzzles. But will Toro be friend or foe? Because in this killerā€™s game, everything is real: the paranoia, the desperation, and the body count. And only one person can make it out alive. Continue reading Review: šŸ“š A Killer’s Game is a compelling marriage of thriller and puzzle that fans of Squid Games can’t miss šŸ“š

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Game Reviews

Review: šŸŽ® Dead Space (Remake), thanks to Motive, gives EA a second chance not to screw up a defining entry in the survival horror genre šŸŽ®

Isaac Clarke is an everyman engineer on a mission to repair a vast Planet Cracker-class ship, the USG Ishimura, only to discover something has gone horribly wrong. The shipā€™s crew has been slaughtered and Isaacā€™s beloved partner, Nicole, is lost somewhere on board.

Now alone and armed with only his engineering tools and skills, Isaac races to uncover the nightmarish mystery of what happened aboard the Ishimura in hopes of finding Nicole. Trapped with hostile creatures called Necromorphs, Isaac faces a battle for survival, not only against the escalating terrors of the ship but his own crumbling sanity. Continue reading Review: šŸŽ® Dead Space (Remake), thanks to Motive, gives EA a second chance not to screw up a defining entry in the survival horror genre šŸŽ®

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Review: šŸŽ® Phantom Liberty puts spy thrillers on notice šŸŽ®

V receives a call from the mysterious Songbird who promises she can save Vā€™s life. Running out of time and options, V canā€™t refuse, travelling to the city within Night City of Dogtown. If Night City stands ready to chew you up and spit you out, Dogtown stands ready to show it how true torture is done.
V knows theyā€™re grasping at straws, but they canā€™t even begin to fathom the lair of secrets and lies theyā€™re about to enter: from saving the President to rogue AIs beyond the Blackwall.
Being a merc in Night City is one thing, but espionage and shadows might be too much for V to handle, and all for a cure that might not even existā€¦ Continue reading Review: šŸŽ® Phantom Liberty puts spy thrillers on notice šŸŽ®

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Review: šŸŽ® Alan Wake 2 is undeniable art under threat from its own narrative’s ambitions šŸŽ®

13 years after bestselling writer Alan Wake went missing, a string of ritualistic murders occurs in the town of Bright Falls, Washington. Saga Anderson, an FBI agent, is sent in to investigate the killings, where she finds herself tangled in a supernatural horror story rewriting reality. Continue reading Review: šŸŽ® Alan Wake 2 is undeniable art under threat from its own narrative’s ambitions šŸŽ®

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