Master Chief’s Painful Backstory: Serving Through the Scars
The backstory of the Master Chief isn’t pretty… the ordinary boy known as John-117 endured horrific traumas that permanently scarred him in order to transform him into the super soldier […]
Comeback: Overcoming the “Shame Spiral”
Huntrix’s award show performance ended with the previously unthinkable revelation that Rumi was not who everyone thought she was. In her most vulnerable moment of pain and humiliation, a completely […]
From Disgrace to Grace: Turning our Marks of Shame into our Testimony
While Jinu’s past makes it hard to see him as a fully sympathetic character, the constant voice of Gwi-Ma in his ears reminding him of his failure and making him […]
Mario Kart Cup Races: Starting Out Wrong, But Still Finishing Strong
Every Mario Kart title features a variety of “cup races” to compete in, and winning one of these cups requires the racer to achieve the highest combined score across all […]
An “Ugly Sonic” Start, a “Super Sonic” Finish
Video games have a really poor track record of becoming successful movies, and it looked like that trend would continue when the first images of the Sonic the Hedgehog movie […]
Sonic and Shadow: Parallel Pains, Diverging Destinies
In many ways Sonic and Shadow’s journeys run parallel to each other, as both hedgehogs have endured far more than their fair share of painful losses and unprovoked challenges in […]
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 […]
Finding God in Video Games 