Pikmin: The Importance of Being Part of a Diverse “Body”
The Pikmin series features some of the most unique protagonists in all of gaming… taken individually, these tiny beings appear relatively weak and helpless, and at first glance the world […]
Iron Man: Giving Our Life Away to Find It
Tony Stark’s final act of sacrifice to stop Thanos, while difficult to watch, was the only possible conclusion to his story arc… after all, the “arc reactor” in the chest […]
Bucky Barnes: A “Winter Soldier” No More
While every Marvel character has a complicated backstory of some kind, Bucky Barnes is in a league of his own. Sure, Iron Man was a selfish, greedy war profiteer and […]
Mass Effect: A Sacrifice of the Highest Price
In many of my favorite games, there is simply no way for the protagonist to survive the story. Without sharing any spoilers, some of the best stories I have played […]
Andor and a “Sunrise We Will Never See”
The events of the “Andor” series and the Star Wars: Rogue One movie finally revealed the amount of sacrifice involved in acquiring the Death Star plans, setting in motion the […]
The “Updated” PlayStation Plus: Holding Back the Best? (Genesis 4)
With Microsoft’s combination of Xbox Live and the Game Pass continuing to set the bar for online console gaming, it was only a matter of time before Sony finally decided […]
Finding God in Video Games 