Final Fantasy XVI - Xenosaga meets Devil May CryFirst Published: 2023-07-18Man, where to even start here. Final Fantasy 16 is a great video game brought low by some terrible design choices. First, I'd like to start…Read More →
Forbidden West vs Ragnarok - Sad Dad vs The Savior of MeridianFirst Published: 2023-01-27Having recently gone through Horizon: Forbidden West a second time while waiting for Fire Emblem Engage to drop, I came up with the idea to…Read More →
God of War: Ragnarok - An amazing follow up to one of the best games of last generationFirst Published: 2022-12-02Let me make it absolutely clear. God of War: Ragnarok is an amazing game. If you enjoyed the first game at all, you'll enjoy this one too…Read More →
Xenoblade Chronicles 3 - Totally UnnecessaryFirst Published: 2022-08-30It must be hard to close out an epic storyline. No matter how long it takes G.R.R. Martin to finish Game of Thrones, Tetsuya Takahashi has…Read More →
What I Want From Final Fantasy XVI - This may be the last strawFirst Published: 2022-05-24And now it's time for a different kind of rant. With FF XVI in "the final stages of development" and Tetsuya Nomura theoretically not…Read More →
Triangle Strategy - Game of Thrones (almost) meets Final FantasyFirst Published: 2022-03-29Ever since I played Final Fantasy Tactics and Ogre Battle, I've loved tactical RPGs. There have been few decent attempts at recreating the…Read More →
Ys 8 - Lacrimosa of Dana - Weirdest title for a game not made by SquareEnixFirst Published: 2022-03-14After making my way through Tales of Arise, a series I've not touched since the original on the SNES, I was looking for a game in a similar…Read More →
Metroid Dread - Hope you like insta-deathFirst Published: 2021-11-30Metroid Dread is the story finale to the metroid saga that began all the way back in 1986. Metroidvanias are probably my favorite genre…Read More →
Mass Effect: Legendary Edition - Still one of the best series everFirst Published: 2021-06-28OK, so I've finally made my way back through the entire original Mass Effect trilogy and I'm delighted to say: it holds up. When I…Read More →
Returnal - A roguelike I may never beatFirst Published: 2021-05-12Gameplay Let's get down to brass tacks: Returnal is hard. Some of that difficulty is deserved and to be expected. Many of the enemies spawn…Read More →
Monster Hunter: Rise, One Month In - Perhaps the best Monster Hunter to dateFirst Published: 2021-04-26OK. I confess. It's now been one month since Monster Hunter: Rise released and I've been playing it A LOT . I'm not at roughly ~120 hours…Read More →
Dungeons and Dragons Edition Switch - Not my cup of teaFirst Published: 2021-04-13My DnD group recently made the switch from fourth to fifth edition in our campaign that's been going on for a number of years now. Obviously…Read More →
Monster Hunter: Rise After One Weekend - My feelings after 17 hoursFirst Published: 2021-03-29This past Friday, Monster Hunter: Rise came out. Like every normal forty year old, I took the day off work to binge play the game. Over the…Read More →
Final Fantasy Rankings - Definitive and Purely ObjectiveFirst Published: 2021-03-23Final Fantasy is a game series I have a LOT of strong feelings about. Growing up they were the pinnacle of innovation and storytelling in…Read More →
Loop Hero - An excellent strategy roguelikeFirst Published: 2021-03-12Stop me if you heard this before: Loop Hero is a pixel graphic roguelike game. That's actually where most of the similarities stop though…Read More →
Outriders Demo - The bones of a good game are thereFirst Published: 2021-03-04Let me get this out of the way: Outriders is not a great game. There are LOTS of flaws, but the good news is none of these flaws are…Read More →
Monster Hunter: Rise demo - 95% awesomeFirst Published: 2021-02-26 Monster Hunter: World/Iceborne and Monster Hunter Generations Ultimate are two of my favorite games of the last three or four years, with…Read More →
Dragon Quest - A quick rompFirst Published: 2021-02-25This is the second article in my Dragon Quest retrospective series. As previously mentioned I'm going to go out of order and do them in…Read More →
Dragon Quest 4 - One of the best RPGs of all timeFirst Published: 2021-02-10Inspired by Jason Schreier and his Final Fantasy Retrospective series, I figured I'd do something similar for one of my other favorite JRPG…Read More →