Pokémon, Ash, and Imperfect Protagonists Perfectly Placed:
As the lead protagonist of most of the Pokémon shows, Ash Ketchum was an enjoyable and lovable character to follow throughout his journey, but he wasn’t exactly a perfect Pokémon […]
The Wisdom Of Optimus Prime: A Destiny that Rarely Calls Upon us at a Moment of our Choosing
If anyone understands that the path to fulfilling our destiny is rarely a straight line, it’s Optimus Prime. Orion Pax was just a simple dockworker who was given the honor […]
From Ariel to Elita-One: An Unexpected Attack and a Radical Transformation
While most of us probably remember her as the heroic Autobot warrior Elita-One, this was not her original name or position… she started out as a simple dockworker named Ariel […]
The Transformation of Hot Rod to Rodimus Prime: Saving the Best for Last
If I’m being honest, Hot Rod wasn’t an Autobot that I cared for overly much when he was first introduced to the team. He was brash, arrogant, cocky… he certainly […]
The Dinobots: Moving Past our Pain to Fulfill our Calling
The Dinobots are one of the most interesting character studies in the Transformers universe… this group of incredibly powerful robots are nearly unstoppable as a team, but because of the […]
Sonic: Running at Full Speed, even in the Dark
It hasn’t always been easy to be one of Sonic’s biggest fans… while the Sega Genesis era was full of incredible releases that made the future seem bright, as Sega […]
Sonic’s Inauspicious Debut: Small Beginnings
While Sonic the Hedgehog is the character most easily identified with Sega, he got off to a pretty inauspicious start… his original gaming debut wasn’t as the speedster with his […]
The Death of Dreamcast, the Beginning of the Dream
When Sega made the decision to stop creating new hardware after the failure of the Sega Dreamcast console, it left fans of their first-party games such as the Sonic series […]
PlayStation’s “Mascot” Dilemma
For years, Sony tried to make it happen… they did their best to find a mascot to identify gamers with their platform the way Nintendo had Mario and Sega had […]
The “EyeToy” – Ahead of Its Time or Sony’s First Steps Towards VR?
All the incredible virtual reality games that are available to play on Sony’s PlayStation VR add a whole new way to experience video games, but the VR headset was NOT […]
