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 […]
Non-Interactive Objects in our Games: Faith and Works
The environments in our gaming worlds are more immersive than ever before, but that doesn’t mean every object we see is interactive. While it isn’t realistic for the developer to make […]
Sonic Shuffle: Every Day I’m Shuffling…
While there are many reasons to dislike Sonic Shuffle, Sonic’s weak attempt at mimicking a Mario Party style game, one of the biggest is that it feels like the game […]
Sonic Spinball: Finding Peace in the Chaos
While most of Sonic’s games involve the world’s fastest hedgehog careening off of bounce pads, enemies, and obstacles like a living pinball in a mad dash to finish the level, […]
Difficulty Settings: Showing His Standard of Love
For years, most video games only included one standard difficulty level… if the game was too challenging for us to play at its’ default setting, our options were pretty limited. Sometimes, […]
Eggman/Dr. Robotnik: A Persistent Adversary
Whether you call him Eggman or prefer to use his proper legal name of Dr. Robotnik, the truth remains the same… he is one resilient villain. No matter how many […]
Sonic vs. Metal Sonic: The Battlefield of Our Minds
Of all of Sonic’s many opponents, Metal Sonic has consistently proven to be one of his most dangerous adversaries… and what makes this robotic replica so difficult to defeat is […]
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 […]
The Difference Between a “Watcher” and a “Savior”
While there are many beings of significant power and capabilities in the Marvel multiverse, there isn’t anyone quite like “The Watcher”, a being who exists outside of the story and serves […]
Finding the Purpose in our “Storm”
Ororo Monroe, better known as “Storm”, knows a little something about the interesting dual nature of the winds and the rain… while these elements certainly possess the capacity to be […]
Finding God in Video Games 