Sonic: Keeping Our Heads Above the Water
I have noticed a strange issue with many of my favorite gaming characters… they are allergic to water. This same character can get struck by vehicles, scorched by fire, absorb […]
Mario Kart: A “Game Saving” Change
The ability to “save” our game is a luxury that didn’t always exist in video games. There was a time that suffering defeat at the hands of an enemy didn’t […]
Halo’s “Limitations”: What Would Master Chief Do?
While each Halo game has a small amount of exploration in it, the central storyline remains a linear experience… if we want to make progress, we have to take on […]
Halo: Going Deeper for the Hidden Rewards
The first time I played through Halo, I started the single-player campaign under normal difficulty and simply followed the story through to its’ conclusion… but that was only the beginning […]
Peace IN the Storm, Not FROM the Storm
While it can be hard to believe during some of the toughest controller-tossing battles we face, video games were designed for the player to WIN. There is a solution to every […]
The Halo Warthog: Designed for Cooperation
Driving the Warthog in Halo all by yourself works just fine if you are trying to enjoy a nice, leisurely cruise around the installation… but if you are trying to […]
Halo’s Needler: Thorns in the Flesh
The “Needler” in Halo may not pack the same punch as a shotgun or a rocket launcher, but its’ ordnance is capable of defeating even the most powerful Spartan because […]
Patience in the Tutorial
I’m not a very patient gamer… my time to play is pretty limited, so when I start a new game I just want to dive right in. Tutorials? Skip… this isn’t my […]
Mission Prioritization: Treasures That Will Last
One of my favorite time-savers in games is the ability to look through my mission log, select my priority, and then set a waypoint to mark that spot… a visible […]
Cortana, Master Chief, and the Holy Spirit
While the original Halo trilogy primarily focuses on the exploits of the Master Chief, the truth is he wouldn’t have made it very far if he didn’t have the voice […]
Finding God in Video Games 