• Transistor: Wait, What Happened?

    Transistor: Wait, What Happened?

    It’s never a good sign when you forget you played a game the day after finishing it. Supergiant is one of my favorite indie game studios. Bastion is one of my all-time favorite indie games and, recently, I’ve poured a ton of time into their latest game, Hades (I’ve put am hour into Pyre, but…

  • Inigo Montoya: How a Single Line Can Perfectly Capture a Character

    Inigo Montoya: How a Single Line Can Perfectly Capture a Character

    In storytelling, there are three important things you need to do to establish your characters. It doesn’t matter if it’s a book, a movie, a video game, or whatever. If you don’t do these three things, your character isn’t destined to last. They are: Give the audience their name Establish their backstory Establish their goal…

  • The Well of Ascension: The Final Empire Expands and Collapses

    The Well of Ascension: The Final Empire Expands and Collapses

    Which problem seems bigger to you? Marriage troubles? A trio of different armies sieging your hometown? If you answered the former, than you are correct. Mistborn: The Well of Ascension is an excellent sequel. It expands on the story and characters established in the first book wonderfully while introducing new characters that compliment them perfectly.…

  • Air Elemental: I Am The Storm That is Approaching

    Air Elemental: I Am The Storm That is Approaching

    If you can guess what that title is a reference to, then I’ll… I dunno, give you a high five? Air elementals really don’t have any lore of their own to speak of. They’re basically small, living tornados that can scream at you. That’s about it. In fact, that even covers their designs. Small tornados…

  • The Stigma Against Animation

    The Stigma Against Animation

    Let me ask you something: what’s the first thing that comes to mind when I say ‘animation’? Is it a long, expensive, painstaking process that, when well executed, can result in a visually striking product that will stand the test of time? Maybe it’s a specific movie or show. Or, if you’re an average movie-goer,…