Though I’ve been obsessed with video games from a very young age, I have yet to get into the world of online gaming. I went through a phase in my early teens with RuneScape, and that was only because it was such a chill game in which I rarely participated in PvP combat. Most other […]
E3 Should Focus On Exposing Under-Represented Indie Titles To The Mainstream
E3 is the video game industry’s Super Bowl. The convention only lasts two days in the middle of June, but for a long while it was the biggest event in the video game calendar. Unfortunately, things have gone downhill in the last two years, from the data leak of the 2,000 gaming journalists in attendance to the sudden cancellation of the […]
Pacific Rim: The Black Is A Kaiju Sized Missed Opportunity
Netflix’s policy about adapting everything into animated series’ has been questioned on many occasions. At times we get something awesome, like the Castlevania animated series, and sometimes it’s a complete miss, like Dragon’s Dogma. But there’s no denying that the demand for good animated series is still on the rise. If you hadn’t already figured, […]
Video Games’ Immediate Gratification Is What Cured My Overwhelming Hatred For Exercise
Since dropping out of soccer sometime around the eighth grade, exercise has always been my nemesis. People who would “wake up for a morning run” scared me. The concept of “exercising for fun,” sounded like the equivalent of saying “I really enjoy sticking my hands into pots of boiling water.” Why go on a run […]
Genshin Impact Really Needs A Guild System
Playing gacha games has become a favorite pastime of mine, given their portability and being something I can easily pick up and put down. Genshin Impact, in particular, has really impressed me since its launch late last year, and it’s managed to claim the spot as my gacha go-to. And while I’m clearly enamored with Mihoyo’s […]
The Water In Raya And The Last Dragon Is The Most Magical Thing I’ve Ever Seen
After video games, animation is my favourite art form. I think that’s because both share a sense of limitlessness. While live action has the limitations of props, stunts, and the laws of time and physics, games and animation are only limited by imagination. Well, imagination and technology, and that’s why the water in Raya and […]
God Of War Is The Most Peaceful Game I’ve Ever Played
Most video games are built on violence. That’s true of the more cartoonish variety, like jumping on turtles in Super Mario, and the more visceral, like stomping on a zombie’s face until it shatters in The Last of Us. Video game stories are becoming more complex and mature all the time, but they’re often still […]
Valheim Player Spoofs "Feel Good" Videos With Hilarious "Emotional Greyling Rescue"
You’ve seen a billion of these “feel good” stories on Facebook and Tik Tok; now they’re invading the world of Vikings. One Valheim player decided to poke fun at the influx of overly dramatized videos with one of his own, and it’s kind of too perfect not to share, especially when looking at how he absolutely […]
Final Fantasy 7’s Aerith Reminds Us Why It’s Important To Be Kind
Kindness is in short supply these days. That’s partially down to the pandemic, and partially down to people just being bastard-coated-bastards. Every once in a while, there’s a big social media trend for messages like “Be Kind.” These have their heart in the right place but ultimately, they mean nothing. All anyone ever does is […]
Sims 4 Kits Are Broken, And So Is My Faith In The Game
Hating The Sims 4 seems to be a trend right now. While Simmers are taking to social channels to measure the game up against its predecessors and find it lacking, I’ve always loved it. Yes, it was pretty much a trash fire when it released, but over time, it’s become a game that I’ve racked […]