Sonic Unleashed: Denying The Darkness Within
While most Sonic games have stuck to the tried-and-true formula of racing through each level at lightning speed, the creative team behind Sonic Unleashed made the decision to not only […]
Sonic: An Uncompromising Light in the Darkness
While Sonic’s gaming franchise is home to many of the most iconic console games across many different eras, it doesn’t mean they haven’t produced a few clunkers. Every time Sonic’s […]
Sonic and Shadow: Parallel Pains, Diverging Destinies
In many ways Sonic and Shadow’s journeys run parallel to each other, as both hedgehogs have endured far more than their fair share of painful losses and unprovoked challenges in […]
Ico: A Helping Hand that Goes Both Ways
I’ve never been a fan of escort missions in my games, so the idea of a game that is essentially one LONG escort mission sounded terrible… until Ico came along […]
Obi-Wan Kenobi: A Light Forged in a Dark Place
In the first six Star Wars movies, Obi-Wan Kenobi was presented as a consistent beacon of light who shined brightly in even the most hopeless of situations, but in the […]
The Fall of the Jedi Temple: How the Wise Became Fools
The tragic fall of the entire Jedi order and the overthrow of the Jedi temple in “Star Wars: Revenge of the Sith” isn’t easy to watch, but it becomes even […]
The Star Wars Cantina Band – Making a Joyful Noise (Even in the Darkest of Places)
Obi-Wan Kenobi’s warning before entering the infamous cantina on Mos Eisley prepared me for the worst, and his iconic line, “You will never find a more wretched hive of scum […]
Final Fantasy IV: Cecil’s “Re-class” and Ripping Off the Labels from our Past
While each entry in the Final Fantasy series is notable for different reasons, FFIV truly broke its own rules by allowing the protagonist Cecil to “switch classes” during the game. […]
Kingdom Hearts: The Importance of Choosing our “Soundtrack”
Music is one of the defining features of the entire Kingdom Hearts series, and its’ iconic soundtrack does more than provide a little bit of ambience… it changes the way […]
Kairi’s Role in Kingdom Hearts: A “Princess in Heart” in Her Own Right, Hidden in Plain Sight
At the beginning of the Kingdom Hearts series, the character of Kairi appeared to be little more than a classic “damsel in distress”, existing only in service to Sora’s over-arching […]
Finding God in Video Games 