Recent reviews by bsides (Dr. Yeti)

One of the best golf simulation games out there. Not only does the gameplay feel authentic and challenging, but the best part about it is the course creator, which provides an endless set of wonderful course options to play.

There are literally thousands of courses to play, without paying anything extra. I've put close to 750 hours into the designer and it is excellent.

This is a top notch game, and the developer is constantly updating and adding new features, themes and modes to the game.
A+

Alone. In the wilderness. Time is against you. You are hungry, you need food, you need shelter. You have no idea how to accomplish any of this. You set out anyway.

Don't Starve is a great game about survival, discovery, and ultimately death... many, many deaths... numerous times. Each time you start a game in Don't Starve, the world is randomly generated. Once you die, thats it...game over, start again at the start.

The first few attempts are brutal as the game doesn't provide any instruction or tutorial, other than its title... don't starve. As you play more, you will start to understand what you need to gather, build and craft to survive another couple of days.

Create fire, cook food, build shelter. Build new tools and parts from salvaged materials in the world. Every game is different, every game you learn something new to help you out next time. Watch out for monsters, caves and that ping of hunger in your belly. Keep your sanity and stay out of the darkness of night, or you will perish.

The more you play, you unlock additional characters with special abilities and traits. Such as immunity to fire or the ability to eat spoiled food.

This game is a blast to fail at, a blast to experiment with things, and a blast to survive just a single day longer than your previous best. I really enjoy this game and I think you will too. I give this a 90% on the Yeti-scale of survival.

This game goes to show that advanced graphics and crazy set-peices are not required to make a fantastic gaming experience.

Using the most simplified graphics and interface you will see in a modern game, Thomas Was Alone brilliantly tells a story about a computer AI who is looking for friends.

It is a platform puzzler that tests your brain, but isn't so difficult it will melt your mind.

The soundtrack and narration are absolutely wonderful. This game deserves to be played...so do it!

95% on the Yeti scale of Brilliance. HIGHLY Recommeded.

A brilliant re-make of one of the greatest strategy games of all time. The game has two main parts, the base/resource management mode and a very intense turn-based combat mode. The latter of the two is what really makes this game shine.

You start the game with your base, and world view where you will manage your units, weapons, facilities and resources. You search the globe for the alien threat. This part of the game falls a bit short and can become a bit monotonous. XCOM truly shines when you locate some aliens and send your team out to clear the site.

The turn based combat is spot on, with a few minor tweaks to the original gameplay, although it still captures same the nail-biting intesity. Your soldiers start out pretty weak, but will level up and accquire more powerful weapons as they complete more missions. The game has 'permadeath' for your soldiers, so it really hurts when they are lost.

Can you rid the world of the aliens?

I give this a 97% on the Yeti scale.

This is one of the best adventure / drama games to have come out in quite a long time. You play as "Lee" a likable protagonist with a questionable background. You are thrown head-first into the world of "The Walking Dead" from the comics and TV shows.

As you progress you will come across the same locations and characters that Rick does in the comics, yet at different times than Rick. The decisions you make in each chapter carry forward so they have true consequence. How do you decide who will live or who will die? Think quickly or you'll all be overrun.

I would give it a solid 91% on the Yeti scale of greatness.

If you are a fan of the original Sonic games, (I'm talkin' way back when), then totally check this one out. The game is split into two modes, 'Classic Sonic' and 'Modern Sonic'. The Classic Sonic stages are brilliantly done in the original, high-speed, 2D platformer fashion, and the Modern Sonic stages take the same quick, precision gameplay into 3D.
While the 3D is very fun, the 2D levels ooze nostalgia and are brilliantly designed.

The point being, this is a blast to play. High speed antics, tight controls (with a Xbox controller), and great graphics. Sonic Generations is one remake you don't want to miss out on.

I give it an 82% on the Yeti scale.

Solid turn based strategy game!

The game is based on two distinct 'phases'. During the planning phase, you and your enemy both take turns giving your units commands and directions for a span of about 8 seconds, then once your orders have been issued, both sets of instructions play out in real time (the results phase). Once the carnage of those crucial seconds play out, you are once again issuing your troops their orders.

Very fun to hop in and out of as each game tends to be 5 - 10 minutes in length.

I give this a score of 82%

A new take on the classic Worms series hits a Hole in One!

Simple 2D golf game based on the typical "AIM / Power Meter" mechanic seen in all of the other Worms games, but this time instead of launching missles or tossing holy-hand grenades™, you are swinging your club at a golf ball. Avoid grazing sheep (who will eat your ball), land mines, and magnets that both push and pull, gophers and even angry old women!

Do your best to judge the wind and use some neat power-ups to navigate around the vertical and floating landscape while trying to hit the green and score your best.

Simple challenges on each hole create a good bit of re-playability, and Team 17 just released a new course to go with the originals, (now 4 total) for free!

Get out there! Grip it and rip it! I score it an 83%

"No such feeling as the well-struck golf shot" Roy 'Tin Cup' McAvoy

This game is pure genius. It is a deep, dark platform-puzzler set in a beautifully presented world. Very simple gameplay and controls yet surpirsingly deep and rewarding level design and challenges.

You will come up against traps, spiders, natives and elecrical obstacles. Water, spikes, rolling boulders and bottomless pits await you as well.

Prepare to die a lot, and in very gruesome ways, as you try to find your way to your lost sister in LIMBO.

I would give this game a solid 95%.

Great follow-up to the first installment of the franchase, the Witcher 2 takes Geralt of Rivia through the land in order to clear his name of a crime he didn't commit.

Not your typical RPG, it is a touch slower and very gritty with mature themes and troubles. Most choices in the game aren't the obvious 'right' vs. 'wrong', but your decisions can have a great impact later in the story. A true 'non-linear' title that has multiple paths and endings.

The skill tree is a little light, and the UI is kinda clunky, but the overall quality of the game makes up for that. Simply fantastic graphics and the world seems alive with people and activity. Good (challenging) combat, decent voice acting and great presentation all add up to a really enjoyable 40+hr RPG experience.

93% out of 100

Go slay some monsters.