Kingdom Hearts and Gummi Ship Struggles
The gameplay in the Kingdom Hearts series is broken up into two segments… the fun part where we get to run, jump, and fight bad guys, and the part where […]
From Broken and Damaged to an Unlikely Family
At the center of the Kingdom Hearts’ story is a group of damaged, flawed, unlikely heroes… some were “Nobody’s” searching for a body and life of their own, others were […]
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 […]
Unworthy: Concord’s Failure to Launch
Well, that didn’t take long… less than two weeks after Sony released Concord, their entry into the incredibly crowded pool that has become the online multiplayer arena shooter market, they […]
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 […]
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 […]
An End Written From the Beginning
When I begin a new game I tend to feel weak, powerless, and a little bit lost as I grapple with an unfamiliar control scheme and face battles that are […]
Sora, Donald, and Goofy: A Threefold Cord
One of the core themes of Kingdom Hearts is teamwork, and as Sora faces the darkness that threatens him, his friends, and his world he found support from an unexpected […]
Finding God in Video Games 