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  • The Joys of following a Long Running Series

    Something that is always tough, regardless of what form of media you’re talking about, is jumping into a long running series. When something is on it’s 5th or 6th entry, it’s always hard to get motivated to get into it even if you’ve heard nothing but good things about it. Video games especially. You either […]

    Nic

    May 14, 2022
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    Discussion, Franchise, Games, Kingdom Hearts, Long Running, Metal Gear, Metal Gear Solid, Opinion, Series, Video Games, Yakuza
  • Visual Novels and their Unique Experiences

    I hate reading. It’s something I’ve always struggled to enjoy. Probably due to a combination of my ADD and dyslexia but when I’m thinking of something to do reading is usually the last thing that comes to mind. The only times I’ve ever read something just to enjoy reading it were when I didn’t have […]

    Nic

    May 7, 2022
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    Ace Attorney, Discussion, Games, Genre, Opinion, Phoenix Wright, VA-11 Hall-A, Video Games, Visual Novels
  • The Art of Feeling Cool in Games

    Whenever you pick up a game, you always want to feel something as you play. Could be that you want to feel like you can go out and do anything in an open world game. Or it could be that you want to feel helpless and a sense of dread in a horror game. Maybe […]

    Nic

    April 30, 2022
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    Character Action, Cool, Devil May Cry, Discussions, Feeling Cool, Games, Genre, God of War, Opinion, Video Games
  • Returnal and why genre impacts more than game play

    Having just finished up the recently released add-on, Returnal: Ascension, I figured now would be a great time to discussion Returnal, one of my favorite games from last year! And more importantly, the fact that it shows how the genre of a game can impact more than just it’s core game play. So what genre […]

    Nic

    April 23, 2022
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    Bioshock, Discussions, Genre, Metal Gear, Metal Gear Solid V, Opinion, Returnal, Roguelite, Story, Video Games
  • Yakuza 0: From Niche to Known

    The Yakuza series is a trip… I can’t think of many other series that have made me laugh out loud during one scene and have me crying during another. It’s a series that knows how to blend tones masterfully so nothing gets too ridiculous or too serious and still feels like it all belongs. And […]

    Nic

    April 15, 2022
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    Discussions, Niche series, Opinion, SEGA, Video Games, Yakuza, Yakuza 0
  • Designing an Unlikable Lead

    It isn’t hard to make a character unlikable. The character could have a terrible design, be extremely poorly written, have terrible voice acting… It’s a much harder job to have players like and enjoy a character, or at the very least be indifferent to them. But what about the characters that the players are designed […]

    Nic

    April 7, 2022
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    Character Design, Discussion, God of War, James Sunderland, Kratos, Opinion, Silent Hill, Video Games
  • Finding Unique Scares in Modern Horror Games

    I ended my last post on modern horror games by talking about how they should try and strive for more unique scares instead of following trends made by other popular games. And as you might have guessed by the title of this post, I want to follow up on that by providing some examples that […]

    Nic

    March 28, 2022
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    Dead Space, Discussion, Doki Doki Literature Club, Fatal Frame, Horror, Opinion, Video Games
  • Modern Horror Games and the ‘Haunted House’ Problem

    It’s honestly super nice to see that horror games are once again getting lots of love from the game industry. There was a long period where the only new horror experiences were coming from indie games. Now big companies like Capcom are getting back into it! At long last the big drought that started during […]

    Nic

    March 19, 2022
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    Discussion, Horror, Opinion, Resident Evil, Silent Hill, The Medium, Video Games
  • Bravely Default 2 is a perfect unbalanced mess

    There are plenty of games that I feel upset about being underrated or overlooked. Games like No More Heroes or Fatal Frame. But one of the games I really wish hit it big would have to be Bravely Default 2. Mainly because I feel like a lot of JRPGs could learn from it. Especially when […]

    Nic

    March 8, 2022
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    Bravely Default, Discussion, Final Fantasy, JRPG, Switch, Underrated, Video Games
  • Should ‘Souls’ games have an ‘Easy mode’?

    A topic that often comes up when discussing Souls games is whether or not there should be a difficulty option for them. The Souls games are known for being rather difficult after all and a lot of players, understandably, find this to be a barrier of entry when it comes to enjoying the games. Now […]

    Nic

    March 4, 2022
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    Dark Souls, Discussions, Elden Ring, Opinion, Short Post, Video Games
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