“Leaving Soon”: The Things Left Undone
The act of booting up my console is usually a happy one… I hear the familiar sounds of it lurching to life, see the intro screen load, and after selecting […]
Grogu and the Answers to Our Questions
The backstory of Grogu, or “Baby Yoda” for those who refuse to accept his legal name, has been the cause of more speculation in the Star Wars universe than the […]
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 […]
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 […]
One Bad Day: To Steal, Kill and Destroy (Broken Season – Part Four)
One bad day… those three words are typically the catalyst for almost every superhero story that we have ever enjoyed over the years. Bruce Wayne was living a fairly unexciting […]
Finding God in Video Games 