Outlaws Remaster (2025) REVIEW – Clint Eastwood would APPROVE.

Saddle up, partner — Outlaws + Handful of Missions Remaster just rode back into town looking sharper than a cactus in 4K at 60 frames per yeehaw. The once grainy gunslingers are now high-resolution heroes, with weapons, characters, and varmints all glammed up using archived art and the full rainbow of color palettes — because even outlaws deserve to look fabulous.
The cutscenes? Completely uncompressed, like your uncle’s opinions about modern gaming.

And for those looking to prove they’re the fastest clicker in the West, there’s Cross-Play Multiplayer — featuring Deathmatch, Team Play, Capture the Flag, and the legendary Kill The Fool With The Chicken, a mode that’s exactly as ridiculous and glorious as it sounds.
Ride again, cowboy — but this time, in HD glory.

MORE INFO: https://nightdivestudios.com/outlaws_handful_of_missions_remaster/

So DISAPPOINTING – Wreckreation Review

Wreckreation is what happens when Burnout Paradise eats a bag of sugar, watches too much Jackass, and gets handed the keys to a sandbox the size of a small country.

Imagine you’re dropped into an open world where not only can you drive ridiculously fast, but you can also build the track mid-race — like some caffeinated construction worker with no concept of safety codes. You want a ramp that launches you over a volcano into a loop-de-loop made of pure regret? Done. You want traffic, weather, and explosions all at once? Congratulations, you’ve just invented Monday morning rush hour.

The game’s premise is simple: drive fast, crash hard, and decorate the map like a kid who’s been left alone with infinite Hot Wheels pieces and no adult supervision. Your goal isn’t just to win — it’s to humiliate gravity, confuse physics, and make your friends question your sanity.

In short: Wreckreation is less “racing simulator” and more “chaos engine wearing a seatbelt.” You’re not just in the driver’s seat — you built the driver’s seat, strapped fireworks to it, and now you’re seeing what happens when you hit the nitro.

The Legends of Sierra Panel with Al Lowe, The Coles, Josh Mandel, Mark Seibert, Metal Jesus PRGE 2025

Sierra On-Line was the video game company that taught an entire generation two valuable lessons: 1) save early, and 2) save often, because you were probably about to die from looking at a squirrel the wrong way.

This was the house that built adventure gaming — a magical kingdom of pixelated peril where typing “open door” could lead to either a romantic subplot or instant death by snake. Sierra games didn’t just test your puzzle-solving skills; they tested your patience, your spelling, and your ability to recover emotionally from being eaten by a troll again.

The company’s founders, Ken and Roberta Williams, basically invented “clicking things until something happens” — a noble art form that would later become the backbone of modern productivity software. Their titles like King’s Quest, Space Quest, and Leisure Suit Larry gave players everything from fairy-tale heroism to intergalactic janitorial work to… whatever Larry was doing.

Sierra On-Line wasn’t just a game publisher — it was a digital boot camp that toughened gamers for life. You didn’t just play Sierra games. You survived them.

Ranking the Albums: H.E.A.T. (Swedish melodic hard rock)

H.E.A.T is the Swedish rock band that sounds like they were forged in the same neon inferno where all 1980s power chords and Aqua Net fumes go when they die heroes. These guys didn’t just bring back melodic hard rock — they dragged it out of a Delorean, slapped on mirrored sunglasses, and handed it a keytar.

Every song sounds like it should be played over a montage of someone triumphantly fixing a motorcycle in slow motion while fireworks go off behind them. Their choruses are so catchy you’ll accidentally start singing them in the shower, the car, and probably during serious life events like job interviews.

Their lead singer belts with the conviction of someone who just found out the world can be saved through the power of rock, and the guitars shred like they’re in a competition to melt all the ice in Scandinavia.

In short: H.E.A.T is the band you blast when you want to turn a mundane grocery run into a stadium tour — pure, unapologetic, spandex-flavored joy.

VIDEO GAME HUNTING in Portland + Game PICKUPS

Join me on an awesome trip to Portland Retro Gaming Expo, where retro dreams come alive! I check out incredible new hardware like the ModRetro M64 clone system, the adorable Vectrex Mini, and even the Intellivision Sprint!
Plus, I had the honor of hosting a panel called “The Legends of Sierra”, celebrating some of the most influential creators in adventure gaming history. And of course, it wouldn’t be PRGE without a massive game pickup haul at the end — from hidden gems to wild finds!

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ROG XBOX ALLY X vs ALLY X! And The Winner Is…

The Xbox is the gigantic, neon-lit refrigerator of the gaming world—massive, powerful, and somehow always humming in the living room like it’s plotting to overtake your entertainment center. Microsoft built it with one philosophy in mind: “More power. Also… would you like Game Pass with that?”

Owning an Xbox means having access to more games than you could play in three lifetimes, but still scrolling for 45 minutes before saying, “Eh… I’ll just replay Halo again.” And if you do play Halo, you instinctively slam your fists on the controller like it’s 2007 and Master Chief personally requires your emotional support.

Sure, the naming conventions are a fever dream (Xbox One, One X, Series X, Series S, X-but-not-that-X), but that’s part of the charm. Xbox is the platform that says, “We know you’re confused, but here—play everything ever made, in 4K, at 120fps. And seriously… just get Game Pass.”

Retro Gaming with a Heavy Metal Soundtrack