Clone Wars: From Unappreciated to Unforgettable
As a lifelong Star Wars fan, I have endured the highest of highs as well as the lowest of lows… and while the good has always outweighed the awful, some […]
A Tale of Two Tombs: A “Triggering” Event
In almost every narrative-based game there are invisible “triggers” built into the landscape that aren’t visible to the player until we cross them, and typically when we step over that […]
Dragon’s Dogma 2: A Framerate Predicament and The Reason Why We Are Here
In a bit of news that NOBODY saw coming, Dragon’s Dogma 2 has released and created a bit of a conundrum for players… how far are gamers willing to go […]
Faith, Works, and Super Mario: Happy “MAR10 Day”!
Thanks to the alignment of the calendar abbreviation for March and the tenth of that same month each year, we have the annual gaming holiday known as “Mar10 Day” (or […]
Orlando MegaCon 2024: A Reflection on Our Search for Significance
There is nothing quite like the convention experience… and this year’s Orlando MegaCon was no exception. Fandoms are expressed as far as the eye can see as you wade through […]
TESTIMONY: Our Commission, If We Choose to Perform It
It has all lead to this moment… after all the countless hours of grinding through the grueling challenges, solving the devious puzzles, exploring the entire map and finishing every side […]
SCARS: Our Evidence, if We Choose to Embrace Them
We all have that moment… the traumatizing experience that took our favorite fictional form of media and made it REAL, complete with actual feelings and maybe even tears. For me, it […]
PAIN: Our Mission, If We Choose to Accept It
So far, this was NOT going to plan… I’m frantically running around looking for ANY sign of cover in this unfamiliar setting, but every spot that seems to offer an […]
Ubisoft – A Question of Ownership and a Bridge Too Far?
I am used to reaching “The End” in most of my video games… after adventuring through the entire narrative and accomplishing all of the missions I was tasked with, that […]
Answering the Question “What If?”
The animated Marvel series, “What If…?”, aspires to do something very rarely attempted in any other form of media… tell us what would have happened if the characters and stories […]
Finding God in Video Games 