Wordsmith's Anvil

  Image credit: Ocean Drive Studio I love when a game comes around and has the confidence... nay, the audacity... to just completely usurp the time that my other games take up. It's not often, but sometimes you'll get in a gaming slump that really just means that anything and everything doesn't really seem all that appealing.     Lost Eidolons: Veil of the Witch to the rescue.     In this spin-off from Ocean Drive Studio's initial Lost Eidolons project, we find ourselves occupying the boots of Ashe. Ashe can be male or female depending on your pick in the offset, but the difference is largely negligible when it comes to the narrative. Ashe doesn't remember who he or she is, and only has snippets of recollections as to why they would possibly be on the faraway island they find themselves on in the first place.     Our first companions to join us are Evie and "Marco," a cleric and a berserker, who do not seem to have lost any of their own memories but a...

  Image credit: Lights Ooh, deep breath.     I've never written an official review about music before, and thus have certainly never done one about a live performance. I suppose that makes this one all the more appropriate, considering how much I've come to love Lights over the last several months.     Does that make me sound like a casual fan? I hope not, but it's hard to avoid when it's such a burgeoning listening relationship.     Lights is a Canadian musician who has been putting out music in a variety of mediums since 2008. 2007, technically, although her first album didn't come out until after. But I digress. She has showcased an immense amount of talent from an incredibly young age and yet... there's a good chance that you've never even heard of her. And up u ntil about six months ago, the same was true for me.     Just due to music shuffles and "You might be interested in..." playlists, I was first introduced to Lights via her collabo...