Battling Hunters: Solutions Hidden in Plain Sight
I’ll never forget the first time I faced a Hunter in Halo… actually, make that TWO Hunters since they like to work in pairs. They were the most powerful enemies […]
Empty Rocket Launchers and Deceitful Hearts
I have fallen for it more times than I care to admit… I have heard and followed the siren’s call of a powerful, game-changing weapon laying open and exposed in […]
Halo Loadouts: Limitations or Strategic Design?
For all of Master Chief’s advantages over his video game peers, he possesses a “limitation” that most of them don’t share. While gaming protagonists like Solid Snake carry an entire […]
Halo Switching to Unreal: A Foundation That Will Last
Halo’s move from utilizing their own propriety “Slipspace” technology to announcing they will build all future Halo content using the “Unreal” game engine is a pretty significant decision… the studio […]
A Detour Worth Finding
While Kingdom Hearts is a fairly linear gaming experience, it doesn’t mean that every item we need or character we’re tasked with helping are easily discovered… many are only revealed […]
Different Paths, Unique Choices… One Judge
I’ll never forget the feeling of making my first big choice between taking the sword, shield, or staff in Kingdom Hearts… and the concern I had with discarding one of […]
Intentional Preparation Prior to Battle Participation
In Kingdom Hearts, the intentional choices we make before our mission to prepare for it has a massive impact on how they play out. From deciding how to invest the […]
An “Inconvenient” Path to Reach Every Heart
The gameplay in Kingdom Hearts represented a dramatic departure from what Square Enix has historically released, opting for real-time combat that anyone could pick up and play instead of the […]
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 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 […]
Finding God in Video Games 