Unworthy: Stepping Forward from Self-Disqualification
From Mario and Link to Master Chief and Samus, all of these gaming protagonists have one thing in common… they started moving forward in their journey when we pressed start. […]
Sora and a Journey of Affliction
The most memorable video game stories I’ve ever played always involved a massive amount of very painful, VERY personal challenges for the protagonist to overcome. But the reason these stories […]
Sora x SSBU: A Light Wherever We Go
After years of being found exclusively in the Kingdom Hearts series of games, fans were shocked and delighted to see him appear as a playable character in Super Smash Brothers […]
Kingdom Hearts and Fixed Save Points
Unlike most modern games that typically allow us to save anywhere we want, Kingdom Hearts sticks to a rigid “save point” system that forces us to come to specific places […]
Kingdom Hearts and Gummi Ship Struggles
The gameplay in the Kingdom Hearts series is broken up into two segments… the fun part where we get to run, jump, and fight bad guys, and the part where […]
From Broken and Damaged to an Unlikely Family
At the center of the Kingdom Hearts’ story is a group of damaged, flawed, unlikely heroes… some were “Nobody’s” searching for a body and life of their own, others were […]
Kingdom Hearts: A Cross Before a Crown
While Kingdom Hearts often allows the players to decide in which order we want to explore some of the worlds it contains, we can’t simply go straight from Traverse Town […]
Unworthy: Concord’s Failure to Launch
Well, that didn’t take long… less than two weeks after Sony released Concord, their entry into the incredibly crowded pool that has become the online multiplayer arena shooter market, they […]
Lost and Looking for a Waypoint
Open world games represent many of my favorite gaming experiences, but on multiple occasions I have found myself in way over my head and gotten myself “lost”. Sometimes it was my […]
An Ocarina for All Times
Few items are more powerful or essential to their story than Link’s iconic ocarina in “The Ocarina of Time”… this simple instrument could call for support, access healing points, unlock closed […]
Finding God in Video Games 