Category: Review

  • Guilty Gear Strive: All I Had Hoped For and Feared

    Guilty Gear Strive: All I Had Hoped For and Feared

    We finally know the smell of the game! Launch is always a dangerous time for any multiplayer game. If the servers don’t work and the game itself isn’t fun, their life cycle could be cut significantly down to size. Nailing that first step is essential in the longevity of any multiplayer game. Of course, the…

  • The Dragon Reborn: The Gears Begin to Turn

    I’ve been told many times that this is the stopping point. People I trust and respect have said that they were satisfied with this book and felt no need to read any of the further entries in the series. Question is: will I agree and drop the series after this? Or will it lock me…

  • Horimiya: Bringing Romance Down to Earth

    Anime is one of the most over-the-top mediums out there. From battle shounen to slice-of-life dramas, anime always takes everything to the extreme. It’s part of its charm. Plus, it makes the rare show that’s down-to-earth all the more impactful. Horimiya is one of the most grounded, enjoyable, and addictive romcoms I’ve watched in a…

  • The Master Chief Collection: Finally Worth It?

    You’d think it wouldn’t be hard to put together an anniversary collection for a series like Halo. Just stick the games into one package, make sure the multiplayer works, do some refining here and there, and boom. You’ve got a Halo collection. It’s undoubtedly more complicated than that, but that’s the basic idea of it.…

  • Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix: Stepping Into Darkness

    My list of criticisms regarding this franchise are long. From the author (that’s most of them, to be honest) to the characters and certain story decisions, on and on it goes. Sometimes it’s so long that I find myself forgetting why this series became so popular in the first place. As well as why I…