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 […]
Final Fantasy X: Tidus and the Importance of our Words
Most of the games in the Final Fantasy series do a fantastic job building scenes where the musical score sets the perfect mood for the dialogue that is coming next… […]
Final Fantasy X and Blitzball: A Matter of Discipline
This is going to be a mildly controversial take… as much as I loved almost everything about playing Final Fantasy X, I never enjoyed ANY aspect of the Blitzball matches. […]
The Song She Couldn’t Write… Until the Time was Right
In Rumi’s darkest hour, all of her greatest fears came to pass at the same time. Unable to hide her patterns and the secrets about her past anymore, abandoned by […]
Rumi’s Changing Sword: Motivations Bleeding Through the Blade
Once of the most fascinating and most easily missed details in KPop Demon Hunters is the changing color of Rumi’s sword. When she is hunting down and fighting the darkness […]
The Legend of Zelda: The Problem With Taking a “Hack and Slash” Approach to Every Situation
In the worlds of Hyrule and beyond, I typically lean towards a “hack and slash” approach, even when the game provides me with more nuanced options. Mission that’s designed for […]
The “Way Finder”
I don’t have much free time to play video games, so I can’t waste my limited gaming time running around in the wrong direction. Fortunately, most modern games provide me […]
Finding God in Video Games 