Between Imposter and the Monster: Hope for the Hopeless
Over the course of the K-Pop Demon Hunters movie, each of the glimpses we get into Jinu’s broken and shame-ridden psyche builds to a crescendo as he sings the words, […]
The Broken Road to “Golden”: Making Everything Beautiful in its’ Time
The real-life story of the voice behind Rumi’s incredible singing performance in K-Pop Demon Hunters is as inspirational as the fictional tale told in the movie. Kim Eun-jae trained for […]
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 […]
Sony’s “Dreams”: Seeing One Small Piece of a Larger Puzzle
The act of making a game is something I always aspired to do one day, so when Sony released “Dreams” on PS4 it gave me the opportunity to finally turn […]
PaRappa the Rapper – You Just Gotta Believe!
There isn’t a rhythm-based game out there quite like Sony’s “PaRappa the Rapper”, a story about a rapping, two-dimensional dog that predates almost all of the music-based titles that made […]
Darth Vader: A Case Study in Undeserved Mercy and Amazing Grace
The journey of Anakin Skywalker may be a little hard to accept from some of us… and perhaps that’s because we don’t believe he deserved his final redemptive arc. Anakin’s […]
Obi-Wan Kenobi: A Light Forged in a Dark Place
In the first six Star Wars movies, Obi-Wan Kenobi was presented as a consistent beacon of light who shined brightly in even the most hopeless of situations, but in the […]
The Death Star: The Truth About the Weapons Formed Against Us
The Death Star is one of the deadliest projects in the entire sci-fi universe, a monstrous battle station designed to both intimidate and destroy all who dared to defy will […]
Daredevil: Afflictions that Transform us for a Purpose
The catastrophic injury that cost Matt Murdock his sight gave him something else in return… heightened senses that completely altered the course of his life and transformed him into the […]
Final Fantasy: Hope, Faith, and Getting Answers to our Prayers
The Final Fantasy series has never shied away from the “fantasy” part of the title, packing their games full of seeming paradoxes like the massive boats that sail through the […]
Finding God in Video Games 