• Late to the Game: Dishonored

    I’ve been playing a game that’s very different from my usual MO — a stealth game. My usual style is a run-and-gun, but I’ve had enough of that lately. Especially after playing Doom 3. Agh, those endless corridors. All the same. So many Imps. Off the bat, Dishonored reminded me of Bioshock. The graphics are gritty and realistic. The story is shown through audio and text diaries (but punctuated by the occasional first-person cutscene a la Half-Life). There’s health and magic, and they’re both replenished through vials of “elixir”. You’ve got magic powers in one hand and regular weapons in the other. There are safes with combinations, caches behind locked…