The Gravemind: Fighting Battles or Winning the War?
One of the most surprising moments in the entire Halo series was when both the Master Chief and the Arbiter found themselves captured by the hive mind behind the flood, […]
Halo Brutes: Too Enraged to Wisely Engage?
The “Brutes” that were introduced in Halo 2 are an interesting character study, demonstrating a fairly nuanced battle strategy that can make them quite difficult to take down… until you […]
Master Chief and The Weight of Our Words
The Master Chief has the weight of more than one world resting on his shoulders, so we never find him wasting either his limited time or his even more limited […]
Choosing the High Ground: A Means to an End
Almost every major gaming or movie villain feels the pressing need to explain themselves through massive one-sided monologues… they preach about their glorious purpose as they attempt to rationalize and […]
Healing in the Midst of our Battle
In most of my modern gaming adventures, my characters have the ability to “auto-heal”… simply getting out of combat for a few seconds gives them the chance to catch their […]
Hey, LISTEN!
In most of my favorite video games I find that the famous “less is more” adage typically applies… I appreciate when a game sticks to what it does best and […]
Disrupting the Peace?
Over the years I have developed a very consistent and methodical approach to my multiplayer games… I use the same load outs, I rush in the same predetermined order towards […]
Super Mario: Facing the Next Challenge
Starting a brand new game can be intimidating at the beginning… even after successfully completing a previous game and unlocking every achievement, staring out at the expansive, undiscovered open world […]
MGS: Safety in the Shadows
I had never previously considered the proper use of shadows in a video game until the first time I played Metal Gear Solid on PS1. The need to survey my […]
Splatoon and a Painting Priority
While most competitive games in the shooter genre tend to focus on eliminating adversaries, Splatoon flipped this entire genre on its’ head by prioritizing painting prowess over traditional combat… to […]
Finding God in Video Games 