HeyJaredCorerunner
A Substack about video games with experienced core gamers in mind. If you enjoy games like Ghostrunner, Hotline Miami, System Shock 2, Colony Ship, and Drova, then you'll feel right at home.
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Persona 5 Review (opens the original)
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Most of my time gaming in the 2020s was spent on one game: Persona 5. At the time of writing, I have completed the game three times: twice on PC and once on my ancient PlayStation 3. In total, I have played north of 300 hours.This is surprising, as the game is heavily railroaded at times, extremely padded, poorly balanced, and in general just likes to waste the player’s time. I should hate it, but I don’t. Quite the contrary.Why is that? I want to try to explain that in this blog post. But befor
My Favorite Game Soundtracks (opens the original)
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In my Kusan review, I mentioned that the game falls short in terms of its music. That got me thinking about game soundtracks in general and inspired me to write about my favorites.I’ll group them into two categories: “context soundtracks” and “everywhere soundtracks”. Games in the first category have a great soundtrack that fits perfectly with what’s happening on the screen. However, the soundtrack is too context-specific to listen to outside of the game. In contrast, games in the second categor
Kusan: City of Wolves Review (opens the original)
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2026 is shaping up to be a great year for action games inspired by Hotline Miami. Recently, I reviewed Slaughter Void, which I liked. Now, Kusan: City of Wolves has released. I first stumbled upon Kusan when I did my research for my 2026 outlook. I also tried the demo when it released a couple of months back and had a good first impression. But befor
Warcraft III Review (opens the original)
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While real-time strategy (RTS) games are a niche genre today, they were highly popular in the 90s and early 2000s. Blizzard Entertainment was one of the kings of the genre with their highly popular Warcraft and StarCraft series. Today, I want to talk about my favorite Blizzard RTS game: Warcraft III.Warcraft III is quite remarkable, as it is actually an RPG/RTS hybrid. I
Old Games Were Better (opens the original)
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Like many people, I believe that video games aren’t as good as they used to be. To be clear, I’m chiefly talking about double and triple A games. Indie games are wonderful, and a lot of my favorites from the last ten years are indie games. However, they cannot carry the industry on their own.After all, what do mainstream gamers talk about? Certainly not indie gems like Neon White or Katana
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