Recently, I’ve heard a lot of talk in my personal life and through gaming commentary that there’s very little magic in games anymore. We’ve seen what games can be, and any further games in the future are simply iterations or will never have the impact of the classics. Games don’t feel special anymore. I can […]

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I made it into Issue 3 of the indie video game magazine Aporia. It’s the first article I have had published in a decade. I also finally combined my love of Call of Duty 3 Wii’s Bombs, Senran Kagura Reflexion’s menus, and motion controls in one article. You read the article by grabbing the magazine […]

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This week I talk about playing some more Megatudo 2096, the new NieR Replicant footage and my game storage issues.  Audio-Only Republic Commando Coming to Switch RumorSix Days in Fallujah Re-Announcement TrailerNieR Repilicant Version 1.22 GameplayAkiba’s Trip: Hellbound & Debriefed Blue Reflection Anime AnnouncedE3 Digital OnlySummer Game Fest CondensedNew Game Plus ExpoOpening Music from Megatudo […]

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Join me under the kotatsu as I talk about why I don’t plan on buying a PS5 or Xbox Series X any time soon, and what I’m looking for in the future.

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This article is a reworking of my Video Gaming Bits Tumblr Post for Circle of the Moon About a year ago I wrote an impressions piece on Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night’s E3 2016 demo. The ultimate point was that it’s a title that dares only to find how close it can get to Castlevania: […]

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From the outside, it can be difficult to tell when a series has gone off the rails and into rehash territory.  For years Call of Duty was criticized for being the same game released every 12 months, but almost everyone has a beloved franchise that only an active player can see the minute differences in. […]

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If there’s one thing that stands above anything else for me in a game, it’s if they achieve something unique. When focusing on the most recent releases, this is largely limited to looking at what has come before it. However, sometime later you can also start to take into account what comes after. I’d say […]

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When I played the original NieR more than half a decade ago, I don’t think I could have ever have foreseen how much it’d resonate with me or that it would be one of many titles essential in changing how I view games today. While flawed, the variety in level design, off-kilter writing, fantastic music, […]

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Although not exclusive to the medium, one of my favorite things about video games is how many elements are includes within a single work. Everything from level design, artistic style, story telling, cinematic direction, music and numerous other bits contributes to the title as a whole. Each aspect can pull from different inspirations as well […]

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Being a fan of older versions of MMOs is somewhat of a sad situation. Most titles that people are nostalgic for still exist in their entirety today. While you may not be able to recapture that exact point in your life where you played Super Nintendo on a Saturday morning with few worries, the game […]

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