Teamwork in Kingdom Hearts: Intercede to Succeed
While the real-time combat in Kingdom Hearts is fun and keeps the action lively, replenishing my health or MP in the middle of combat can be tough to pull off. […]
An “Inconvenient” Path to Reach Every Heart
The gameplay in Kingdom Hearts represented a dramatic departure from what Square Enix has historically released, opting for real-time combat that anyone could pick up and play instead of the […]
Healing in the Midst of our Battle
In most of my modern gaming adventures, my characters have the ability to “auto-heal”… simply getting out of combat for a few seconds gives them the chance to catch their […]
Kingdom Hearts: Melody of Memory and a Matter of Timing
Few game series are as perfectly setup as Kingdom Hearts for a rhythm-based spinoff… and “Melody of Memory” makes good on the potential with an exploration of the story from […]
Sora and a Journey of Affliction
The most memorable video game stories I’ve ever played always involved a massive amount of very painful, VERY personal challenges for the protagonist to overcome. But the reason these stories […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Finding God in Video Games 