Pokémon – Safety in the Poké Ball, but Growth Comes from the Battle:
While I won’t claim to know all of the inner workings of what life is like for a Pokémon inside of a Poké ball, I do know this… it’s a […]
Pokémon: An Expectation of Transformation and Growth
Pokémon may come in many different shapes and sizes, but there is one thing they all have in common… they were meant to GROW. Whether they are changing forms, adding […]
The Sony PSP: The Battlefield of Style vs. Substance
Based purely on specs, the PlayStation Portable system should’ve dominated the handheld gaming landscape for many years… it was vastly superior to Nintendo’s DS in terms of raw power and […]
NBA Live and the Importance of Growth to Survive
While the PlayStation was home to many of the best sports titles in gaming for many years, one specific franchise started out strong but didn’t last long… NBA Live. Originally […]
Final Fantasy XII: Random Battles or Necessary Encounters?
While each entry in the Final Fantasy series has its’ own unique twist, Final Fantasy XII stands out as the first title in the mainline series to fully do away […]
Happy MAR10 Day 2026!
Happy Mario Day! Recognizing March 10th as “MAR10 Day” has become an annual international celebration, but it wasn’t always this way… as a matter of fact, everyone’s favorite plumber started his […]
Final Fantasy IV: The Transformation of Cecil
At the heart of most of my favorite Final Fantasy games is a love story… two individuals who have been brought together by an incredible set of circumstances to save […]
Final Fantasy: Small Beginnings, Big Endings
Like most game series that have survived from their original 8-bit NES incarnations into the modern era of photo-realistic graphics, Final Fantasy has come a VERY long way. When this […]
Halo: Completing the Campaign is Just the Beginning
The first time I played through the original Halo, I started the single-player campaign under normal difficulty and simply followed the story through to its’ conclusion… but that was only […]
Legend of Zelda: The “Echoes of Wisdom” that Develop in Quiet Places
In “The Legend of Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom”, Nintendo finally made Princess Zelda herself the primary playable character in the series that bears her name. While she has often taken […]
