Metal Gear Solid: Breaking the “Fourth Wall”
Metal Gear Solid on PS1 is considered iconic for many reasons, and one of them is the way it would “break the fourth wall” during the game… from the Colonel […]
The DualShock Controller: Following our Feelings?
The original DualShock controller changed the way we experienced games forever… by fully integrating the “rumble” function directly into the controller itself, Sony made “feeling” our games a standard part […]
Hollow Clones: When Imitation is NOT the Sincerest Form of Flattery
While the PlayStation was home to several great 3D platformers like the Ape Escape, Ratchet and Clank, and Spyro series of games, there were also numerous failed attempts at launching […]
Deus Ex: A Relationship Shared Through Shared Experiences
On my short list of the most influential games I’ve played in my life, there is a title that probably shouldn’t be there. I never saw a marketing ad for […]
The Counter-Intuitive Nature of Metal Gear Solid
It may occupy a space as one of my favorite PS1 games of all time, but my first attempt at playing Metal Gear Solid was anything but, well… “solid”. For […]
The Reason I Bought a PS1…
If I’m being honest, I didn’t plan to purchase a Sony PlayStation 1… at the time, I was the mostly satisfied owner of a Sega Saturn system as well as […]
The PlayStation “X” button controversy: Why a Name Matters (Acts 4:9-12)
Well, congratulations humanity. We have done it. We have found a way to inject controversy into one of the oddest possible places on the planet, the proper name of the […]
Finding God in Video Games 