Gran Turismo and an Instruction Irritation
As someone who wasn’t into racing simulation games, I never tried a Gran Turismo title until I found a secondhand copy of Gran Turismo 2 on sale at a local […]
Sony’s Memory Cards: The Price of Admission to “Save” our Games
While Sony’s decision to utilize a disc-based format for their console experience instead of cartridges came with many enhancements that improved the look, sound, and quality of their games, it […]
PaRappa the Rapper – You Just Gotta Believe!
There isn’t a rhythm-based game out there quite like Sony’s “PaRappa the Rapper”, a story about a rapping, two-dimensional dog that predates almost all of the music-based titles that made […]
PlayStation’s “Mascot” Dilemma
For years, Sony tried to make it happen… they did their best to find a mascot to identify gamers with their platform the way Nintendo had Mario and Sega had […]
Sony’s Blu-Ray Decision: Forging our own Armor
Sony’s decision to chart their own course with a proprietary media format, the Blu-Ray disc, was a choice that carried a lot of risk… they invested heavily into the technology […]
Sony’s DualShock Controller: Love Redefined
The first time I held a PlayStation DualShock controller in my hands, it felt very foreign to me… it featured a dramatically different layout than my N64 or any of […]
The Reason I Bought a PlayStation 1
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 Handheld Wars: Seeking the Right Priorities First
When Sony chose to challenge Nintendo, the reigning king of portable gaming, in a battle for handheld supremacy, Microsoft wisely chose to stay out of the fight at that time. […]
The Last Guardian: Hands that were Designed to Heal
One of the most beautiful parts of “The Last Guardian” is the way that the player cares for Trico, the massive creature that befriends him and protects him through the […]
Sony’s “Dreams”: Seeing One Small Piece of a Larger Puzzle
The act of making a game is something I always aspired to do one day, so when Sony released “Dreams” on PS4 it gave me the opportunity to finally turn […]
Finding God in Video Games 