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
Sable is an Open World Action/Adventure game developed by Shedworks and published by Raw Fury. It was released in September 2021 for PC, Xbox One, and Xbox Series X/S. MSRB is $25. I played the PC version. Sable first caught my eye way back in June 2018 during the annual PC Gaming Show. I was … Continue reading Sable: A Cozy Open World
Happy 35th Anniversary, Zelda! To celebrate, I thought it would be interesting to take a peek at a Zelda game that showed Nintendo in the middle of a metamorphosis. In the mid-2010s Nintendo was transitioning from a gameplay formula they had been using and refining since A Link to the Past in 1991, where Link … Continue reading Zelda: A Link Between Worlds, and Between Formulas
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
Immortals Fenyx Rising is an open world Action / Adventure game developed and published by Ubisoft. It was released in October 2020 as a cross-gen release on the PS4/PS5, Xbox One/Series X, Nintendo Switch, and PC. MSRB is $60. I played the Nintendo Switch version. Let's get this out of the way -- yes, Immortals … Continue reading Immortals Fenyx Rising: Greek Geek Out
The Nintendo 3DS was born in March of 2011. Its last major game, Persona Q2, was released in June of 2019. That means the system had a good long life of 8 years. I still play my 3DS, so I don't consider it dead yet, but I've realized that I've never made a post solely … Continue reading The Nintendo 3DS, 10 Years Later
A year for a human is about... 10 years for a video game console. That would mean that in a few days, the Nintendo Switch is hitting the big ol' 4-0. I advise you to make sure your Nintendo Switch doesn't go and buy a big shiny sports car just to make sure he's "still … Continue reading The Nintendo Switch’s 4th Anniversary
It's that time again. Just as our forebears gathered sheaths of grain into their storehouses to prepare for winter and the new year, so do we gamers gather the games we played during the year and recount which ones stood out the most. It's almost as if this kind of behavior is ingrained into us! … Continue reading Reviewing The Game Awards
If I enjoy a game's soundtrack, I find myself forgiving said game's bland or unimpressive parts. If I enjoy it enough to listen to it in my spare time, I find myself even forgetting the game's flaws altogether. The music will transport me back to the environments I was in and the feelings that music … Continue reading My Favorite Video Game Composers
Ever Oasis is an Action RPG with Zelda-like elements developed by Grezzo and published by Nintendo. It released on the 3DS in June 2017. Screenshots are courtesy of Nintendo.com. Amidst the hype of the newly-released Nintendo Switch, I feel like this game got lost in the shuffle of 2017. It's tragic. Imagine you were assigned … Continue reading Ever Oasis: The 3DS’s Forgotten Zelda Game
Hookshot, Charge Beam, Revive 