So I haven't put down a review for a while. I'd been playing Assassin's Creed: Odyssey which sucked a whole 100+ hours out of me (and probably took a piece of my soul with it), and couldn't quite find the right words to review it. After that, I've seen and played quite a few more things, so here's a quick rapid-fire round of Third Party Reviews!

Assassin's Creed Odyssey gets a 7.5 out of 10. It's a great game, by all measures. The first true RPG in Assassin's Creed history, and Kassandra is such a great protagonist. It does suffer from some RPG growing pains, but it's a step in the right direction for the franchise, in my opinion.

Sunset Overdrive gets a 7 out of 10. I'm so glad this game came to PC. It was the one game I'd ever considered buying an Xbox One to play, and now I don't have to! Sunset Overdrive is a great, quirky and funny shooter that you really have to play to understand. It has it's fair share of flaws, namely a number of graphical issues, and sometimes repetitive gameplay, but overall it was fun and I'm really happy to have finally played it.

Netflix's Carmen Sandiego (Season 1) gets a 8.5 out of 10. It's becoming quite apparent that Netflix's animation department can do no wrong. Carmen Sandiego is a fantastic reboot of the franchise, turning it into a narrative cartoon rather than a gameshow. In many ways it feels similar to a Superhero series, with many fantastical thieves with different specialties that'd be at home in a Marvel movie.

Netflix's The Umbrella Academy (Season 1) gets an 7.5 out of 10. I didn't hear too much about this one before it released, and decided to give it a shot on a whim. It's pretty good. The plot is definitely aping off of Marvel's X-Men series (and a specific plotline that I won't reveal here), but done with a more adult audience in mind. All the "heroes" are flawed humans, with their own problems that you can definitely sympathize with. Won't say much more, other than that Klaus, unexpectedly, became my favorite by the end. Go Klaus!

Netflix's The Dragon Prince (Season 2) gets a 8.5 out of 10. I'd rate the previous season about that high as well. They've definitely smoothed out the animation issues I'd had with the first season, and though it's not perfect, it is absolutely fun and enjoyable! My biggest complaint is that it's only 9 episodes long! By the end of the season I was left craving more!