So, the yearly Game Awards took place last night, and in a year where Nintendo’s The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom scored a 96 Metacritic rating, it seemed like Nintendo, and the Zelda Series had locked another global GotY win. This would have been the third time the series would have won it…
Spider-Man 2 PS5 Review: A Passable, but Inferior Sequel to a PS4 Great
Editor’s Notes: This review contains spoilers of Spider-Man 2’s Storyline. As such, unless you have already played it, don’t think you will play it, or don’t care either way, we recommend you play the game first before diving into this review. If you know anything about me at all, you will be aware of my…
The Top 5 Most Memorable Storylines in 1990s Turn-Based JRPGs
So, given that I spent the last month writing a The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time piece for its 25th anniversary, I decided to give other 1990s games some love. Today, I am remembering, and listing the most memorable Storylines from turn-based RPGs that I played during the magical 16 bit – 32 bit…
The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time AKA ‘The GOAT’ Turns a Quarter Century and We Remember it!
It is hard to believe, but The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time turns 25 years old today. That’s 9131 days for those of us who like to keep count of such things. That’s a long time, if you were 13-14 years old like me, you are now approaching 40, might have kids (some that…
Zelda Movie Director Called a Possible The Legend of Zelda movie the “Next Avatar Like-Film” in 2010
On November 7th, Nintendo announced that a Live-Action The Legend of Zelda movie was on development alongside Sony pictures. Of course, given that Nintendo’s Mario made over 1 billion dollars at the box office earlier this year, The Legend of Zelda, which always had more potential for telling a gripping a story, was bound to…
Cliff Bleszinski: Gears of War Needs a Reboot
Cliff Bleszinski, the creator and director of the original Gears of War trilogy said, in a recent interview with Comic Book , that Gears of War as a franchise needs a reboot along the lines of God of War (2018). In reality, Gears of War under the Coalition, has been much more successful in terms of…
Final Fantasy VII: Rebirth’s Big Surprise: Aerith Lives?
This is a Pseudo News/Opinionated article. The news part is that FFVII: Rebirth’s director confirmed what we all have speculated since the end of Final Fantasy VII: Remake…Which is that Final Fantasy VII: “Remake” was more of a sequel with a “remade” timeline, as he let it slip that Rebirth’s take on the events that…
TBT: 27 Years of Super Mario 64: Turning My Love for Super Mario into a Family Tradition
Yes, it has been 27 years since Super Mario 64. Despite the fact that this article is mainly focused on that Nintendo 64 groundbreaking title, it wouldn’t be fair to say that the first game to get 3-D right has been the most influential game of my gaming life…even though it could be. While I…
Final Fantasy VII’s Cast Depth Helped in Improving the Writing of Baldur Gate 2’s Companions
While it might be hard to believe now, before the Witchers, Elder Scrolls, Mass Effects of the world, Japanese RPGs were known for their great stories, and writing focused on deep character development. No game was more popular, and did those things better than Final Fantasy VII (Xenogears fans might disagree). How influential was Final…
Spencer: Microsoft Acquiring Nintendo Would Be a “Career Moment!”
Xbox Head, Phil Spencer, has been known for being a ‘lovable’ guy, a gamer first, and the man who wants games to be available on all platforms for all of the world to enjoy! Yet, in my experience, people do not get into powerful positions within mega corporations by just being ‘good’ and ‘passing the…