The only silver lining of a staffer leaving is that we get more podcast guests to fill the void for a bit. Appreciate it's a big ask for the team to get people to carve out a few hours of their week for them, but would really like to see more regular friends of the site appearing on the Bombcast and Beastcast. Danny, Ron Funches, Will Smith etc. are all great whenever they're on.
Was really surprised to see a written review on the site for a change (it's been a while), particularly as Control's been out nearly two months at this point. That said, the "fuck it, we do what we feel like" aspect of GB is kind of what I love about the site.
Personally, I'm kind of torn on Control. I don't necessarily feel the urge to boot it up in the same way I have with other games this year, but when I do I'm in it for a couple of hours at least. Setting is great and all the little videos, notes etc. you find are interesting and build out the world, but I think my opinion of the gameplay perhaps echoes something Vinny said on the Beastcast a few weeks back - once you've got all the abilities the combat gets repetitive.
Looking forward to GOTY and the debate around it though.
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