The Last Guardian: Hands that were Designed to Heal
One of the most beautiful parts of “The Last Guardian” is the way that the player cares for Trico, the massive creature that befriends him and protects him through the […]
New Game, New Day, New Mercies
Unwrapping the plastic off of a video game is an exciting moment for me… it represents a fresh start in a brand new experience, allowing me to begin again without […]
An Unreliable Narrator and the Importance of our Words
An in-game narrator can play a HUGE part in our ability to enjoy a game, adding color and texture to the world we are playing in. Some games feature an external […]
The Only Path to True Peace
Have you ever fallen down the “team-killing” vortex before? To my shame, I certainly have… a member of my team INTENTIONALLY throws a grenade at me or pushes me off a […]
Capturing the Flag: Leaving the Past Behind
Halo multiplayer matches contain some of my greatest gaming triumphs as well as many of my most embarrassing failures… sure, I have captured my fair share of flags over the […]
Master Chief, Arbiter, and Letting It Go
The pairing of the Master Chief and the Arbiter from bitter opponents to unlikely allies was one of the best parts of the Halo series… for both of them to […]
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 […]
From “Nobody” to “Somebody”: A Heart-Shaped Dilemma
The “Nobodies” that impede our progress in the Kingdom Hearts games are a truly tragic group of opponents… they are beings made up of a body and soul, but they […]
Backwards Compatibility: An Undeserved Grace
While I’m a huge fan of both Nintendo and PlayStation for different reasons, I’ve always appreciated one thing about each console that Xbox has released… backwards compatibility. Being able to […]
Halo 3: A Beautiful, Merciful Delay
Halo 3 was all about “finishing the fight” that was left incomplete at the end of Halo 2, and after years of painful waiting gamers dropped into the conclusion of […]
Finding God in Video Games 