Back again from a long hiatus, I hope to fire off a barrage of takes for all you bozos out there dumb enough to read anything I write about video games (thanks for the clicks and likes, I love you all!). For this edition — the first since November (yikes) — I’ll be dishing out mini-notes and thoughts on Nier: Automata, gatekeeping, and adding a game to my all-time favorite list, plus a bit on working from home (super interesting, I know).
PAX East has come and gone. In the days following the trade show, The Punished Backlog’s Kei Isobe sat down with fellow writer David Silbert to discuss the good, bad, and ugly of this year’s show.
Size Doesn’t Mean Everything The reason that Super Smash Bros. works is because Nintendo has a vast catalog of intellectual properties to pull from. As I stated when I started this challenge, I haven’t played…
From Ni no Kuni to Bravely Default, a Discourse on JRPGs It’s no secret that I have a complicated relationship with Japanese role-playing games, but I do find their presence and importance in the video game medium…
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!
Let’s Talk About That Esports Dress Recently, esports clothing shop Cranium Apparel announced their new, first of its kind esports dress. And its reception has been less than ideal, to say the least. I’m going…
What Happens When You Play a Game Decades After Its Height? Here’s something that everyone on this planet has experienced: Somebody is telling you a story with great enthusiasm hoping to elicit a certain response…
From Sports to Esports and Vice-Versa It’s not unheard of for actual sports stars to get into the esports scene, as demonstrated by former NBA player Rick Fox who owns the esports organization Echo Fox.…
Hi. You probably don’t know me. Without getting too into it, I’m a friend of the Punished Backlog team. The other day, as we were discussing our beloved Patriots heading to another Super Bowl, halftime got brought up. Rumors are that Maroon 5 may be putting on a tribute to SpongeBob creator Stephen Hillenburg, which lead to a controversial opinion within our ranks on the matter. One thing led to another, and I started telling everyone which halftime show was best, but it got too complicated and turned into a full-length article and now we’re here. Fun times.
Starting off the New Year Right New year, new me! Well, probably not, but I do acknowledge the importance of forming New Year’s resolutions each year, even if I rarely ever make good on such…
