There are very few things in my childhood that I remember as vividly as watching the opening to A New Hope. The scene is a near perfect example of how to world build by simply allowing that world to e…
Video Game Review: Pokémon Sun and Moon
Welcome, finally, to the World of Pokémon. Pokémon Red starts with a short cinematic battle and a title screen. A few of the creatures waiting inside scroll past the screen, prompting the pressing of …
Video Game Review: Paper Mario: Color Splash
The game is colorful, at least. If you’re not up to date with the goings on among the Nintendo faithful, this might come as a shock, but Nintendo kind of has a Mario problem. Or, rather, a Paper Mario…
The New DLC for ‘Party Hard’ Might Be Too Hard
Party Hard is a arcade style, low-poly game about murdering your loud neighbors. Yeah, video games are weird. Party Hard was actually released in 2015, but we were able to take a look at the game’s ne…
When Music Dominated Games: Guitar Hero II Ten Years Later
Believe it or not, it has been ten years now since the release of Guitar Hero II, a game in which people live out their rock star dreams using Fischer-Price toys. If you’re in your mid-twenties like m…
Video Game Review: Battlefield 1
Well, didn’t see this coming. Not literally, of course. Anyone with a tangential following of the AAA game market saw and heard Battlefield 1 coming from months away, with its bombastic announc…
All the Cool Stuff Announced at Blizzcon 2016
Blizzcon, the annual convention celebrating all things Blizzard Entertainment, is in full swing for 2016. As is the normal, the opening ceremonies were reserved for revealing a swath of upcoming conte…