Sonic and the Chaos Emeralds: A Complicated, Transformational Relationship
Sonic’s relationship with the Chaos Emeralds is a bit of a complicated one… on one hand, the very existence of these powerful stones is the cause of many of his […]
Eggman/Dr. Robotnik: A Persistent Adversary
Whether you call him Eggman or prefer to use his proper legal name of Dr. Robotnik, the truth remains the same… he is one resilient villain. No matter how many […]
Tails and the Secret to Having Joy at All Times
Team Sonic is frequently pressed into service fighting one exhausting battle after another with the fate of the entire planet on the line, but if you were talking to Tails […]
Obi-Wan Kenobi: A Light Forged in a Dark Place
In the first six Star Wars movies, Obi-Wan Kenobi was presented as a consistent beacon of light who shined brightly in even the most hopeless of situations, but in the […]
The Best of Times and The Worst of Times – The Path to a “New Hope” through Star Wars: Clone Wars
As a lifelong Star Wars fan, I have endured the highest of highs as well as the lowest of lows. While the good has typically outweighed the awful, some of […]
The X-Men’s Ororo Munroe: Finding the Purpose in our “Storm”
Ororo Munroe, better known as “Storm”, knows a little something about the interesting dual nature of the winds and the rain… while these elements certainly possess the capacity to be […]
Ben Grimm: A Unique Transformation for a “Fantastic” Calling
Ben Grimm was living a fairly normal life before he was exposed to the radiation that transformed him into “The Thing”… an accident that granted him superhuman strength and endurance, […]
The Fantastic Four’s Mr. Fantastic: The Adversities that “Stretch” us into our Destiny
Reed Richards already possessed an incredible gift to help humanity in the form of his genius level intellect, but it was the accident that gave him his “stretching powers” that […]
Daredevil: Afflictions that Transform us for a Purpose
The catastrophic injury that cost Matt Murdock his sight gave him something else in return… heightened senses that completely altered the course of his life and transformed him into the […]
Final Fantasy: Turn-Based Strategies in a Real-Time Battle
While there are over a dozen entries and rising in the mainline Final Fantasy franchise, the way players engage in combat comes down to two basic concepts… the slower, turn-based […]
Finding God in Video Games 