Category Archives: PC

Inquiring minds REALLY need to know: Should people quit Modern video games entirely NOW at this point?

Posted on July 29, 2026 by Lavon Samuel Davis

  I dropped the news near the end of the previous post shortly after it went public but both Playstation and Xbox have announced they are getting rid of physical discs: In 2027 for Playstation and 2028 for Xbox. This … Continue reading →

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Valve’s newly announced Steam Machine is a game-changer but the potential price is a huge concern

Posted on February 20, 2026 by Lavon Samuel Davis

  I’ll be blunt, I am expecting the market price to be minimum $400. If Valve decides to sell it for less than $400, they will own the console market for the rest of the decade. Fresh off the commercial … Continue reading →

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Just in time for their 25th Anniversary, EA rereleases The Sims 1 and the Sims 2 but STILL screws it up

Posted on February 2, 2025 by Lavon Samuel Davis

  Seriously HOW did EA manage to successfully completely screw up rereleasing two 20+ year old games?! This is coming from someone who still owns physical copies of both games and thus do not need to buy these abominations that … Continue reading →

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A New California State Law on the digital distribution of Video Games highlights the need for Loss Protection for Consumers; Breaking News from the Video Game History Foundation

Posted on December 19, 2024 by Lavon Samuel Davis

  California governor Gavin Newsom recently signed a bill that forces the entire video game industry to say what we’ve all known for about almost 20 years in regards to buying video games digitally: You are not actually buying the … Continue reading →

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Romancing Saga 2: Revenge of The Seven has no business being as good as it is

Posted on November 16, 2024 by Lavon Samuel Davis

  Like the Legend of Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom, Unicorn Overlord and the Dragon Quest III HD-2D Remake, we have a Game of the Year 2024 candidate here. I played the Demo and bought the 2D port a few months … Continue reading →

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Review: World of Warcraft: The War Within

Posted on November 14, 2024 by Lavon Samuel Davis

  WoW’s latest expansion went live in August and it is also Part 1 of The Worldsoul Saga which will span three expansions that were all announced last year at BlizzCon: The War Within (TWW), Midnight and The Last Titan … Continue reading →

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World of Warcaft: Mists of Pandaria Remix builds on the smash success of the WoW Classic Servers

Posted on May 29, 2024 by Lavon Samuel Davis

  A week after Cataclysm Classic went live, MoP Remix went live. MoP Remix is interesting in the fact although it uses Modern WoW as a base, you’re basically playing a special version of the Pandaria Campaign. In this version, … Continue reading →

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Blizzard unveils The War Within as it’s 10th Expansion at BlizzCon AND the names of the two expansions that will directly follow it

Posted on November 3, 2023 by Lavon Samuel Davis

  Four years after the last in-person BlizzCon, this year’s annual convention opened with the bombshell announcement of not one new expansion for THREE:   The War Within Midnight The Last Titan All three Expansions make up The World Soul … Continue reading →

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This is a “friendly” reminder that at least 75% of gaming history is lost to time forever

Posted on October 31, 2023 by Lavon Samuel Davis

  Xbox President Phil Spencer recently repeated something he publicly said about Nintendo and Sony several years back: Preserve your gaming history. This time he made it a point to note unlike Nintendo, Sony and former console maker Sega, over … Continue reading →

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First-Look Review: Octopath Traveler 1 and 2 (Nintendo Switch versions)

Posted on February 14, 2023 by Lavon Samuel Davis

Updated 2/22/2023:   …I am keenly aware the first game was released back in 2018. Although I obviously have a Steam account and had my PS4 at the time, I decided not to get it because I felt it would … Continue reading →

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