Bullet Points Monthly

2 months ago | bulletpointsmonthly.com | Reid McCarter

This article discusses plot details from throughout Kingdom Come: Deliverance II. There’s a system in Kingdom Come: Deliverance II where Henry, the game’s protagonist, emerges from a fight visibly soaked in blood. If he doesn’t stop by a water trough to splash himself clean or visit a bathhouse or stream to wash his clothes and armour, passersby will exclaim in surprise at the grimy killer in their midst.

Jan 13, 2025 | bulletpointsmonthly.com | Reid McCarter

God lives in the Zone. You can feel his presence in the movement of wind through spidery tree branches or the unexpected flash of lightning just before it crashes into the ground. You can feel her in the arrival of strange, beautifully deadly ‘emissions,’ which turn the sky a pre-tornado orange and bathe the landscape in radiation.

Oct 28, 2024 | bulletpointsmonthly.com | Ed Smith

You come to the first save point in Silent Hill 2'sremake, the ominous, redolent red square lying symbolically at the bottom of the well—an invitation to stare deep into the ground, look at the abyss, like a dry run for the rest of the game—and James Sunderland remarks out loud that it feels as if someone is “groping around inside my skull.” It’s a line from the original game, but in the original game, James doesn’t speak it—it appears at the bottom of the screen in written rather than...

Oct 21, 2024 | bulletpointsmonthly.com | Reid McCarter |Ed Smith |Emma Kostopolus |Yussef Cole

Still Too Long, and Not Linear Enough

Sep 15, 2024 | bulletpointsmonthly.com | Joshua Calixto

“It doesn’t hurt,” said Catherine, smile reassuring. “I heard. It’s the coin toss I’m nervous about. I really want to end up on the other side, you know?” Bass’ voice was cracking up, almost in tears. They sat in silence for a moment, Bass breathing carefully. “I wish people wouldn’t think of it like that,” said Catherine. —Soma case filesThe second-most harrowing moment in Soma doesn’t even register as horror on first playthrough.