A Fighting Game Conundrum: The Art of the Block
Painful Admission: I’m pretty mediocre at most fighting games, and there’s a very simple reason for this… I don’t like to block. I personally prefer the mindless chaos of frantically […]
The Hulk’s REAL Secret
The seemingly mild-mannered Bruce Banner was hiding a secret, but it’s not the one that you think… sure, he turns into an enormous green rage monster under the right circumstances, […]
Guardians of the Galaxy: Diversity in Members, Unity in Purpose
Of all the “team-ups” in the Marvel universe, the one that would’ve been voted “the least likely to succeed” is the “Guardians of the Galaxy”. On paper, they lack the […]
The Key to Inner Peace: A Thankful Heart
Even my favorite games have portions in them that I’m not always “thankful” for… I don’t really enjoy “grinding” in Destiny, I don’t appreciate the time constraints in a Mario […]
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 […]
Peace IN the Storm, Not FROM the Storm
While it can be hard to believe during some of the toughest controller-tossing battles we face, video games were designed for the player to WIN. There is a solution to every […]
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 […]
Finding God in Video Games 