Category: Video Games

Thor (God of War Ragnarök): Product of One’s Environment

*Major spoilers for God of War: Ragnarök ahead! Read at your own risk!* Throughout God of War (2018), Kratos and Atreus were told many a story of Thor, the champion of the Aesir gods. Everything pointed to him being a murderous maniac. A monster who lives for killing and drinking and nothing else, a bastard…

November 17, 2022
Final Fantasy V: The RPG That Bullies You

I have a somewhat odd history with Final Fantasy V. Technically, it was the first game in the series I ever played; I would play it a fair bit when I was a kid. But I had never actually finished it. In fact, I never even got that far; I’d get to the ship graveyard…

November 11, 2022
Coffee Talk: Stories in the Cafe

First Legends and Lattes, now this. What is with wholesome coffee shops and fantasy that makes me so damn happy?! I knew absolutely nothing about Coffee Talk going into it. I’d never even heard of the game before. There was a sale going on after one of the co-creators, Mohammad Fahmi Hasni, tragically passed away;…

November 4, 2022
Final Fantasy IV: When They Figured it Out

Farewell, NES. Hello, SNES! Oh, dear friend, I’m so glad to see you again! The first three Final Fantasy games definitely suffered from growing pains. It was the same story we saw countless times on the NES: the first game was revolutionary, the second was a disaster that experimented too much and lost what worked…

October 28, 2022
Silent Hill is Coming Back and We Need to Talk About It

It’s hard to believe there was a time when Silent Hill was one of the horror game franchises. Back in the days of the PS2, it stood as the largest rival to Resident Evil in the genre. In recent years, however, things haven’t just been rough; they’ve been disastrous! Silent Hills was one of the…

October 21, 2022