Like the contrite parent of a neglected child, I've missed the PlayStation Vita's 10th Birthday in February, and now I'm trying to make it up to it. Though, in my defense, it's not like Sony tried to remind me or anything... Sony's unveiling of the PlayStation Vita at E3 2011. I'm still fascinated by this … Continue reading The PlayStation Vita: 10 Years Later
It's the Nintendo Switch's 5th Birthday! It's so strange that the Switch is not the newest system on the market now. I mean, this is literally how time works, but I swear the console's launch wasn't that long ago. It's apparent that the Switch is showing its age, especially when comparing to next-gen consoles and … Continue reading My Top 20 Nintendo Switch Games (5 Years In)
As a hobbyist game journalist / game reviewer, I try to research how the “professionals” do their job and learn something new from every person I come across. As I listen to them I ask myself questions such as, “How does this critic ‘show and not tell’ with their writing?”, “How do they stand out?”, … Continue reading My Top 5 Video Game Reviewers
Ever since I began reviewing video games on this blog in 2018, these have been my Game of the Year (GOTY) award winners: 2018 - Celeste2019 - Fire Emblem: Three Houses2020 - Ori and the Will of the Wisps2021 - Metroid Dread You may notice a pattern here -- 2D games take up the majority … Continue reading The Elegance of 2D Games
Last week I talked about the Game Boy Advance, and today it's time to gush about the GameCube. The GameCube launched in November of 2001. Like in my last post, this was a time before I had regular access to the internet and so could only find out about games through TV ads, store demo … Continue reading The GameCube: Finally Appreciated After 20 Years
In the summer of 2001, Nintendo released the 32-bit successor to the Game Boy: The Game Boy Advance (GBA). It lived for only a brief period, a little over 3 years, but they were very successful years, and they defined an important era of my life. Allow me to indulge in my memories of the … Continue reading The Game Boy Advance: A 20th Anniversary Celebration
So you saw the E3 trailer for Metroid Dread and you're interested in trying it out, but you've never played a Metroid game before. Allow me, a long-time Metroid fan, to help! Metroid is one of Nintendo's oldest and most important franchises. Among critics, it stands proudly on Nintendo's podium of their best video game … Continue reading A Newcomer’s Guide to the Metroid Series
Happy 3rd Anniversary to this blog! I can't believe I've been writing for you guys for 3 entire years. I'm baffled that Polygon hasn't sent me an email begging me to write reviews and editorials for them. Tough luck, professional journalists! I write on my own time. My blog, my rules! At first I thought … Continue reading 5 Nintendo Switch Games that Deserve a Second Chance
What makes a game good? No, really, what makes a game worth talking about and remain worth talking about? What makes a game stay around for decades instead of fading away into obscurity after its launch week? Most of the discourse around video games are reviews, Top 10s, and analyses. Those certainly have a place … Continue reading How To Read a Video Game: The Hideo Kojima Preview
I listen to the Triple Click podcast. It's hosted by three game journalists -- Maddy Myers, Jason Schreier, and Kirk Hamilton, who chat about whatever game topic is on their minds at the moment. Recently they talked about their "personal canons" -- in other words, the TV shows, movies, and video games that impacted them … Continue reading What I Look For In A Game
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