A Kingdom for Every Heart
The strength of the Kingdom Hearts franchise has always been in its incredible diversity… a world where gaming heroes such as Cloud Strife and Auron from the Final Fantasy series […]
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 […]
Kingdom Hearts and Fixed Save Points
Unlike most modern games that typically allow us to save anywhere we want, Kingdom Hearts sticks to a rigid “save point” system that forces us to come to specific places […]
Kingdom Hearts: A Cross Before a Crown
While Kingdom Hearts often allows the players to decide in which order we want to explore some of the worlds it contains, we can’t simply go straight from Traverse Town […]
Lost and Looking for a Waypoint
Open world games represent many of my favorite gaming experiences, but on multiple occasions I have found myself in way over my head and gotten myself “lost”. Sometimes it was my […]
An Ocarina for All Times
Few items are more powerful or essential to their story than Link’s iconic ocarina in “The Ocarina of Time”… this simple instrument could call for support, access healing points, unlock closed […]
The Waiting Game
A large portion of my video game experiences are populated with WAITING… waiting for the game to install, then waiting for the patch to download, followed by waiting for the […]
Pain, Tragedy, and Broken Hearts
There are game developers who I’ve faithfully followed for many years, playing each game they crafted with excitement… I trusted them because they’ve created some of my favorite gaming experiences. But […]
Punishment or Consequences?
With a few exceptions, video games have become much more forgiving over the years… most games feature unlimited lives and the ability to continue as many times as we need […]
Promises, Promises…
Over the years I’ve been burned by games that promised features and experiences in their promotional trailers that they didn’t actually end up delivering in the final product. When a developer […]
Finding God in Video Games 