Sony’s Blu-Ray Decision: Forging our own Armor
Sony’s decision to chart their own course with a proprietary media format, the Blu-Ray disc, was a choice that carried a lot of risk… they invested heavily into the technology […]
Sony’s DualShock Controller: Love Redefined
The first time I held a PlayStation DualShock controller in my hands, it felt very foreign to me… it featured a dramatically different layout than my N64 or any of […]
Deus Ex: A Relationship Shared Through Shared Experiences
On my short list of the most influential games I’ve played in my life, there is a title that probably shouldn’t be there. I never saw a marketing ad for […]
The Counter-Intuitive Nature of Metal Gear Solid
It may occupy a space as one of my favorite PS1 games of all time, but my first attempt at playing Metal Gear Solid was anything but, well… “solid”. For […]
The Reason I Bought a PlayStation 1
If I’m being honest, I didn’t plan to purchase a Sony PlayStation 1… at the time, I was the mostly satisfied owner of a Sega Saturn system as well as […]
Heeding the Warning of Admiral Ackbar – It’s a TRAP!
The moment Admiral Ackbar realized that the Rebel fleet had been lured into a dogfight with a FULLY operational Death Star in “Return of the Jedi” yielded one of the […]
Lando and a “Deal That is Getting Worse All the Time”
Lando’s friendliness and hospitality towards Han Solo and Leia in “The Empire Strikes Back” hid a dark secret… Lando had made a “deal with the devil” to turn them over […]
From Hopeless Case to an Act of Grace: The Redemption of Crosshair
To be honest, I had given up any hope that there could be a redemptive arc for “Crosshair” from the Bad Batch series… after he revealed that his merciless actions […]
Bad Batch’s Tech: Living Out “Plan 99” in an “Order 66” World
Star Wars characters giving their lives in a final act of sacrifice is nothing new but losing Tech in Star Wars: The Bad Batch hit me pretty hard. I could […]
Anakin, Padmé, and the Importance of Dealing With our Pain
The doomed relationship between Padmé and Anakin in the Star Wars prequels is one of the most heartbreaking parts of the entire saga… two star-crossed lovers torn apart by past […]
Finding God in Video Games 