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 […]
Kingdom Hearts: Gummi Ship Blues
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 less enjoyable […]
Kingdom Hearts: A Default Difficulty Setting Dilemma?
I tend to play most video games on their default settings, but when my young daughter wanted to play Kingdom Hearts with me I chose to drop the difficulty level […]
Donald Duck and Kingdom Hearts: Compassion Vs. Condemnation
The importance of a healer in any party can’t be overstated, and Donald Duck’s role in supporting his teammates in Kingdom Hearts is essential to the advancement of the entire […]
Halo, Master Chief and Watching our Words
The Master Chief carried the weight of saving the entire universe on his shoulders, so he is never found wasting his limited time or his even more limited words engaging […]
343 Guilty Spark: Addressing the “Spark of Guilt” in our Lives
Out of all the adversaries that we encountered on and off of the Halo ring, 343 Guilty Spark was definitely the most dangerous. While most of our enemies had the […]
Halo: The Worst Grenade Throw Ever, of All Time
Despite my best intentions, I’ve found that many of my grenade throws in Halo can do more harm than good. Even though I’m exclusively targeting my opposition, the splash damage […]
Microsoft Game Studios: A Commitment Proved Through Sacrificial Investment
The amount of massive studio acquisitions that Microsoft has invested into over the last several years is staggering… from Minecraft developer Mojang to Bethesda and even the juggernaut of Activision/Blizzard, […]
Microsoft’s Backwards Compatibility: Amazing Grace for Even the Unworthy
While I’m a huge fan of both the Nintendo and PlayStation families of games and consoles for different reasons, I’ve always appreciated one thing about each console that Microsoft has […]
Gears of War: More than Just “Cogs” in a Machine
When it first came out, Gears of War appeared to be just another third-person shooter releasing in an already saturated market… but the familial bond that exists between the “COG” […]
Finding God in Video Games 