Blessing of Kings

My EA Origin Access Premier subscription is coming up for renewal, and I thought I would look back and see whether it was worth it. I originally picked it up a year ago for Anthem.
Perhaps surprisingly, I didn't actually play many games on Origin. But then again, I usually play MMOs, which have their own setup. Games I played:...

This post contains spoilers for Control.
I finished Control the other day. I loved it!
The world-building and atmosphere is superb. The game was just a joy to watch the story unfurl. The characters are varied and great.

This post contains major spoilers for The Rise of Skywalker. I discuss the ending and everything.
After watching The Rise of Skywalker, my first thought is that the story in Jedi: Fallen Order was a thousand times better than this movie.
I came across a forum post suggesting that The Rise of Skywalker would have been a better movie if Jar-Jar had been in it. After recovering from the shock of such rank heresy, I read the reasoning, and it actually made some sense! The thought was that...

Grandmaster Vladimir Kramnik has proposed a new chess variant: No-Castling Chess.
To Kramnik, the problem with high-level chess is that it results in draws more often than wins. The logic behind his proposal is pretty straightforward:
There are too many draws because defense is stronger than offense....