Welcome to Part One of a three-part retrospective chronicling my experiences with Nintendo’s iconic Super Smash Bros. series. Parts Two and Three will be rolled out in the coming weeks, so if you enjoy the piece, be sure to stay tuned for future entries!
Browsing: Game Diary
Ending a 15-Plus-Year Trilogy in Style After what has felt like an eternity, Kingdom Hearts III is finally around the corner. Announced alongside the rebooted Final Fantasy XV at E3 2013, Kingdom Hearts III—now slated…
You wouldn’t expect to see many AAA blockbusters in a backlog. However, when I took a look at my own growing piles (plural) of backlog titles, I came to a startling realization: I have a ridiculous number of AAA games I haven’t finished.
Smash, Octopath Traveler, and Ports… Glorious Ports Well…wow. That was a Nintendo Direct that started off with all of us here being generally pretty whelmed before dropping a major bombshell on us. Let’s get started…
Breaking Down the Evo 2018 Lineup The Evo 2018 Championship Series lineup was announced last Tuesday (February 6th) on a livestream hosted by Red Bull Esports. The eight game lineup—down one game compared to last…
The most jarring scenes in Wolfenstein II: The New Colossus, Bethesda’s latest Nazi-shooting sim, occur not during bloody firefights, brutal executions, or in the midst of a completely obliterated New York City. They occur in…
We Are Hope Over the weekend at Jump Festa 2018, Bandai Namco released the first ever trailer for One Piece: World Seeker. The game, which was unveiled in the December 11 issue of Weekly Shōnen Jump, stars…
Amid the Debate Over Loot Box Microtransactions and Predatory Game Design, Bungie Finds Itself in Hot Water With Destiny 2 Community In the wake of EA’s recent microtransactions debacle with Star Wars Battlefront 2, Bungie has found itself…
A Classic Or a Failure? While I haven’t written very many video game reviews, I could probably take any game I’ve ever played and assign it some kind of rating out of ten. Breath of…
A Cartoon Golf RPG Stands Out From The Pack Over the years, I’ve become largely disillusioned by big budget “AAA” video games, despite their rapid and impressive advancements in recent years. Every time I see…