Category: Video Games
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Crisis Core -Final Fantasy VII- Reunion

God, Rebirth looks so good! Can we just skip to 2024 already? Final Fantasy VII is basically it’s own series at this point, completely separate from the rest of FF. What other entry has this many spin-offs, remakes, prequels, mobile games, anime OVAs, and even a movie? It’s no wonder people who don’t like VII…
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Baldur’s Gate 3 is a Masterpiece

2023 has been a crazy good year for gaming. Hi-Fi Rush, Resident Evil 4 Remake, Street Fighter 6, Tears of the Kingdom, Pikmin 4, Armored Core VI, Lies of P, Payday 3, Dead Space Remake, Sea of Stars, Final Fantasy XVI, and the upcoming Spider-Man 2, it’s legitimately insane how many incredible games we’ve been…
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My Love-Hate Relationship with Party Games

Party games aren’t complicated. Make a digital board game, add some minigames, release. Do it well, and you’ve got a recipe for fun with the whole family or all your friends. Or so you’d think. Do you know the quickest way to start a fight? Go to a bar and start swinging? Step into a…
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Breaking the Curse: The Rise of Anime and Video Game Adaptations

We used to live in simple times. If a movie was based on an anime or a video game, it was bad. No ifs, ands, or buts about it. They were bad. Like, to an insane degree. In terms of box office poison, they were the cream of the crop. Keywords in that paragraph being…
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Blizzard is Dead and It’s Time to Let Go

Nostalgia is a dangerous drug. It lures you in with the promise of innocence and pleasure from times long past. Simpler times. Maybe even better times. Times you can never truly get back. But oh, that won’t stop people from trying to recapture that magic. They’ll chase that dragon no matter where it might lead…