Meet the Newest Generation of Platform Fighters The “platform fighter” genre has existed for decades, even if the specific phrase to describe them didn’t reach mass relevance until years later. For the longest time, it…
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Exploring the Icy Depths of Subnautica Below Zero Roughly two weeks ago, Unknown Worlds announced the follow up to Subnautica—a wildly popular, survival-exploration game unlike any other in the marketplace. As a quick recap,unlike other…
Cuphead Animation—the Good, the Great, and the Amazing Before we begin, I need to give a huge thank you to Cuphead animator Jake Clark for posting some of his wonderful pencil tests of the game’s animation…
Getting it Right, Day One Update: An excellent new story trailer for One Piece: World Seeker was released at Tokyo Game Show 2018, detailing two new, game-original characters. The first is Isaac, the warden of the…
An Eye for Detail Love ‘em or hate ‘em, seemingly every video game comes with a man, woman, or semi-autonomous vending machine more than willing to take your hard-earned gold (or credits/rupees/now-defunct German Marks). They…
Strap In for 35 Minutes of Pure Nintendo Bliss Update: The Direct has been delayed following the recent earthquake in Hokkaido, with Nintendo stating that it will provide an updated date and time “in the near…
The Player Doesn’t Always Need to be the Center of the Universe Most games try to make the player feel significant and essential to the world presented. No Man’s Sky does the opposite, and that…
I Said What I Meant and I Meant What I Said Male video-game protagonists deserve better butts. And you know what? Those butts deserve our attention. If you’re designing a character, why not include a…
The World’s Most Factual Zelda Dungeon Ranking Ever Upon its release, Ocarina of Time fundamentally changed gaming, establishing 3D action-adventures as king in the video game world. Since then, Zelda remained one of the most popular, recognizable…
Welcome to Punished Notes, a series of (hopefully) weekly articles outlining many of my random thoughts on games I’ve been playing, reading about, or even watching on YouTube or Twitch. This week, I’ll be discussing…