Category: Video Games

  • 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 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.…

  • The Potential of Elden Ring

    After two long years of waiting, the first trailer for FromSoftware’s new title, Elden Ring, is finally here! And it didn’t just give us gameplay! It went so far as to give us a release date! The hype train has officially departed the station, ladies and gentlemen! We’ve only gotten two minutes of Elden Ring…

  • Castlevania (NES): An Unforgiving, Unfair Masterpiece

    There are certain games from my childhood that still haunt my nightmares. Not because they were scary, mind you. Because of their brutality. As a small child, being faced with an insurmountable challenge that your tiny mind and smaller hands are incapable of overcoming can be scarring. Like being beaten over the head with a…

  • Games as a Service Make Me Angry. Here’s Why.

    I want you to imagine a scenario really quickly. Don’t worry, there’s a point to this. Just stick with me. You’re a little kid again. Or a teenager. Or however old you were when you played your first video game. Whatever the age, imagine that you’re there again. Now, imagine that someone told you that…