In January of 2023, Forspoken released and a lot of people were mad and disappointed in it. Despite being published by Square Enix and being developed by the team behind Final Fantasy 15, it got middling to bad reviews from nearly every outlet. But worse, it had a cultural reputation of being…well embarrassing. It’s tired
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Like everyone else, I played Journey and thought it was great. But unlike most, it didn’t change my life, reconfigure my understanding of the medium, or even make me cry. For a few years there, I thought maybe I just didn’t play it under ideal conditions and maybe replaying it later would make me connect
Metal Garden is a testament to what you can do with not a whole lot. This game is 90 minutes long, and there’s no mechanical motivation to replay it. There are only 3 enemy types, 4 if you include a single boss enemy that you fight in the game’s only boss fight. The game is
Every Saturday night right before my 4 day work week starts, I try to put lunches together for that entire week to eat at work. A few weeks ago, I cooked some rice in my rice cooker, but didn’t know what I would add to it to make it a full meal. My parents had
Thank you to Jesus Fabre Games PR and Caracal Games for the review code! In the years since its release, I’ve become a pretty big hater of the Nintendo Switch. I’ve become frustrated with its inability to hold up graphically when compared to not only other home gaming consoles, but also other popular gaming handhelds
Before he mercifully died a few years ago so he couldn’t further tarnish his name, Kanye West was responsible for some of my favorite music. One of his most iconic songs is Runaway, a song you might know from it’s “Toast to the Douchebags” refrain, it’s excellent Pusha T verse that brings it home, or
There are plenty of great reasons to despise GameStop. Their selection of used games rarely carries any titles I care about, let alone for a good deal relative to what can be found online or at conventions. Their stores have slowly morphed into toy and merchandise stores rather than game stores. Their pivot around COVID
I believe the purpose of all art is to experience humanity, to see the world through the eyes of another. To play as Arthur Morgan in Red Dead Redemption is to better understand the value of life and the joy of community. To watch I Saw the TV Glow is to feel the dread of
Welcome to the start of yet another year! Despite everything, I have managed to watch a lot of excellent video essays this past year. If you are new here, know that this list is unranked, but my words will show which videos I loved more than others and, more importantly, why. You can find each
Josh Miller – The Family Man 16. James Gunn Superman Film As I’ve stated before time and time again (an extra reference if you get it); I love Superman. A hero who could juggle the planets of this solar system (depending on the iteration) but instead chooses to help people. His acts of kindness and
