How Donkey Kong Country Crafts a Foreboding Tale of the Unknown Donkey Kong Country is among the finest 2D platformers ever and one of the best-looking and best-controlling games of its time. On the narrative…
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Putting Old Classics Under the Modern Microscope Though video gaming as a medium is still relatively nascent, enough time has passed since the original Pong that we as gamers have begun to set aside many…
Out With the Old, In With the New I always feel like my comments about gaming will age me. I doubt that’ll really happen; I’m only in my early twenties. If anything, it shows how…
Xenoblade’s Love Interest is a Sword Hey everybody, this game is bad; I can’t stress this enough. It’s bad, and I love almost every minute of it. This is my first time, hands on, with…
Blood, Guts, and Tragedy in the War to End All Wars When a player first steps into Battlefield 1’s no man’s land, they’re likely to face one of the most intense, chaotic, and anxiety-riddled online…
Revisiting One of Mario’s Greatest Adventures Everyone is enjoying Mario’s latest excursion (you can read David Silbert’s excellent Super Mario Odyssey review here), and they should be! Super Mario Odyssey is a marvel in open-world…
BotW’s Rain is the last thing to worry about My love of Zelda started when my parents first brought home that iconic, purple lunchbox. There’s a saying that your first Zelda game is likely your…
Is Square Enix’s Comeback Imminent? After years of development, Dragon Quest XI released in Japan last month. While this headline would be worthy news in and of itself, the Japanese release of the game was…
Man of Steel Is #NotMySuperman I want to preface this piece by saying that my dislike of Man of Steel comes from a place of love, not hate. I consider myself a huge Superman and…
Spoilers for Final Fantasy VI, VII, X, and XII. You’ve been warned! Yeah, I said it. I said it, and I’ll say it again: Final Fantasy fans, by and large, are a confused bunch. Whenever…