The “EyeToy” – Ahead of Its Time or Sony’s First Steps Towards VR?
All the incredible virtual reality games that are available to play on Sony’s PlayStation VR add a whole new way to experience video games, but the VR headset was NOT […]
Deus Ex: A Relationship Shared Through Shared Experiences
On my short list of the most influential games I’ve played in my life, there is a title that probably shouldn’t be there. I never saw a marketing ad for […]
The Counter-Intuitive Nature of Metal Gear Solid
It may occupy a space as one of my favorite PS1 games of all time, but my first attempt at playing Metal Gear Solid was anything but, well… “solid”. For […]
The Reason I Bought a PlayStation 1
If I’m being honest, I didn’t plan to purchase a Sony PlayStation 1… at the time, I was the mostly satisfied owner of a Sega Saturn system as well as […]
The “Duel of the Fates”: Anakin’s Pride vs. Obi-Wan’s “High Ground”
As the “Duel of the Fates” between Anakin and Obi-Wan reached its climactic crescendo, the full truth behind Anakin’s fall to the dark side was exposed… it wasn’t just a […]
Heeding the Warning of Admiral Ackbar – It’s a TRAP!
The moment Admiral Ackbar realized that the Rebel fleet had been lured into a dogfight with a FULLY operational Death Star in “Return of the Jedi” yielded one of the […]
Lando and a “Deal That is Getting Worse All the Time”
Lando’s friendliness and hospitality towards Han Solo and Leia in “The Empire Strikes Back” hid a dark secret… Lando had made a “deal with the devil” to turn them over […]
Darth Vader: A Case Study in Undeserved Mercy and Amazing Grace
The journey of Anakin Skywalker may be a little hard to accept from some of us… and perhaps that’s because we don’t believe he deserved his final redemptive arc. Anakin’s […]
From Hopeless Case to an Act of Grace: The Redemption of Crosshair
To be honest, I had given up any hope that there could be a redemptive arc for “Crosshair” from the Bad Batch series… after he revealed that his merciless actions […]
Bad Batch’s Tech: Living Out “Plan 99” in an “Order 66” World
Star Wars characters giving their lives in a final act of sacrifice is nothing new but losing Tech in Star Wars: The Bad Batch hit me pretty hard. I could […]
Finding God in Video Games 