Author: Thomas Ortsik

Founder and Kinda-Editor-In-Chief at Twinstiq.
Also known as Dr. Strangethumb

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I’m just coming from a quick Mass Effect: Andromeda session and let me tell you this: I wasn’t wrong last week, but I’m actually starting to enjoy it. It certainly isn’t GOTY material, something every BioWare game should strive for, but it’s nowhere near as bad as the early impressions everyone had made you think. If you want a bit more Mass Effect in your life, don’t. Wait, what? Didn’t I just say it’s not that bad? Read more

The never ending cycle of WRUP

What the fuck is wrong with the video game industry? I can somewhat deal with a packed Christmas release window by spacing things out, but now they start the year in January? Isn’t that against the spirit of 4iF? Yakuza 0 and Nioh are both amazing. Then there is For Honor, Halo Wars 2, Horizon Zero Dawn, Resident Evil 7, Sniper Elite 4, NieR and Ghost Recon Wildlands? WHY, WHO, HOW? (Oh, and the new Zelda for people who care about that shit) Read more

TWRUMP

Another Friday, another WRUP. I’m repeating myself on these …way more than I should. After all, it’s usually not more than a couple of lines. Guess that comes from doing them ad-hoc without anything to say in the first place. Could “think first – write afterwards” be a solution to this problem? Is it even a problem? Aren’t we just here to let our peers know what we’ll going to play over the weekend?

Well, at least I’m not talking about politics. Right? Read more