Kratos: A Painful Lesson in Prioritization
While the tragic backstory of Kratos, the titular character from Sony’s “God of War” series, is a fictional account of a video game character, it also serves as a cautionary […]
Hiding His Word in our Hearts: The Secret “Combos” to Success
In the early days of the PS1, “fighting games” really rose to prominence, but becoming good at my favorite games in the genre such as Soul Blade, the Tekken series, […]
Disc Read Error: A Lens Limitation
If you had an original PS2 console back in the day, then perhaps you felt this same pain that I did… the fateful day that my dutiful PlayStation 2 that […]
NBA Live: The Importance of Growth to Survive
While the PlayStation was home to many of the best sports titles in gaming for many years, one specific franchise started out strong but didn’t last long… NBA Live. Originally […]
Ape Escape: The Only Way to Play
With the addition of the dual analog sticks to the PlayStation controller, gamers finally had more than one way to control their character in the game… either the classic directional […]
Metal Gear Solid: Breaking the “Fourth Wall”
Metal Gear Solid on PS1 is considered iconic for many reasons, and one of them is the way it would “break the fourth wall” during the game… from the Colonel […]
The DualShock Controller: Following our Feelings?
The original DualShock controller changed the way we experienced games forever… by fully integrating the “rumble” function directly into the controller itself, Sony made “feeling” our games a standard part […]
Gran Turismo: An Instruction Irritation
As someone who wasn’t into racing simulation games, I never tried a Gran Turismo title until I found a secondhand copy of Gran Turismo 2 on sale at a local […]
Sony’s Memory Cards: The Price of Admission to “Save” our Games
While Sony’s decision to utilize a disc-based format for their console experience instead of cartridges came with many enhancements that improved the look, sound, and quality of their games, it […]
PaRappa the Rapper: You Just Gotta Believe!
There isn’t a rhythm-based game out there quite like Sony’s “PaRappa the Rapper”, a story about a rapping, two-dimensional dog that predates almost all of the music-based titles that made […]
Finding God in Video Games 