Breweries and Games!

This DLC does what all good additional content for a game should do; add new features while expanding on the setting. The game is fun and probably the best way to tell a side story in the Assassins Creed universe.  It's now 1888 and Evie has been called back from India to London. The city is gripped in terror due to the vicious murders by 'Jack the Ripper'. Jacob has also gone missing so it's up to Evie to save the city and her twin.  Narratively the game switches between Evie and Jack (the Ripper) as the former is investigating and hunting down the latter. As Evie your not only trying to stop the Ripper but save your brother and the Assassin Order itself which is at risk of exposure by the Ripper. I don't want to get further into the plot for fear of spoilers.  Functionally, you spend most of the game as Evie and all side missions are hers.  You have only two neighborhoods to explore this time, all with a bunch of things to find. The game world i...

Ravenna is one of those neighborhoods in Seattle that's small but still has a clear identity. The Burke-Giliman trail runs through it, its adjacent to the U district (and Uvill), and it has its own brewery. Unless a video game comes out set here it's this last point that we're going to focus on today. Ravenna Brewing Company was our destination this week.   Flagship: N/A Dogs: yes Kids: yes Do they brew there: yes Food: Food Trucks Has guest taps: no Events: yes Outside seating: yes! Summer in Seattle is defined by the nice weather in a way unique to the space. In a city that only averages 70 sunny days a year we savor each good day. A great way to spend these days, I've discovered, is at Ravenna Brewing Company.  I found that I wasn't alone. The place was packed on the sunny evening that I visited this modest brewery. I don't want to undervalue that last statement though, because the outside seating was actually larger than the ...

The original Alien film is a masterpiece of cinema. A brilliant example of the wonderful marriage that exists between horror and special effects. The visual styles and themes pioneered in this film have gone onto influence countless things that have come after. It's also a period piece. The style is a prime example of a special, 1970's version of the future.  Alien, and the film that came after it, along with its crossovers, have always been an obvious choice for video games.  The games that have come out haven't all been bad, but there were enough bad ones that it's become the rule for the series.  Alien Isolation the has the unenviable task of coming after all of this. Two legacies, both with plenty of bad parts but still enough good in them that people keep trying and we keep buying.   You are Amanda Ripley, daughter of Signory Weavers character from the Aliens series. Your off to a station where the black box from your mothers ill-fated ship has ...