Pokémon – You Can’t Use What You Didn’t Choose:
There are many elements of how exactly catching a Pokémon or releasing a Pokémon from their ball works that I won’t pretend to understand, but I know this for certain… when […]
Nurse Joy: Maintaining our “Joy” in the Tough Times
The idea of seeking medical assistance for an injured Pokémon doesn’t necessarily sound like a happy or joyous occasion, but don’t tell Nurse Joy that. As the primary caregiver that […]
Transformers: Robots in Disguise, Hidden in Plain Sight
The central premise of the entire Transformers franchise is summed up in the original theme song, describing them as “Robots in Disguise”. To the undiscerning eye, the Autobots appeared to […]
The Death of Dreamcast, the Beginning of the Dream
When Sega made the decision to stop creating new hardware after the failure of the Sega Dreamcast console, it left fans of their first-party games such as the Sonic series […]
Sonic the Hedgehog: The Problem With “Going Too Fast”
Sonic’s franchise of games compels us to “go fast” … it’s kind of in the DNA of Sonic himself. But speeding through every level often means that I miss some […]
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 […]
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 […]
