When an anime and a game share the same IP, it tends to be that the anime is the original source material (which is probably based off of a manga before that) and the game is the adaptation. However, in Scarlet Nexus' case, it's the opposite way round. I watched the Scarlet Nexus anime earlier... Continue Reading →
The Monster Hunter franchise was always destined to jump on the monster-catching bandwagon - with so many unique and iconic monsters to tame, it was only a matter of time. I mean, who hasn't wanted to ride a Rathalos, right? I wasn't able to get my hands on Monster Hunter Stories 1 upon release as... Continue Reading →
The JRPG genre is famous for having more than its fair share of long-ass games. So the fact that, even amongst JRPGs, this game has a reputation for being a handful is should tell you all you need to know about Xenoblade Chronicles. Originally released on the Wii in 2010, it achieved unexpected critical and... Continue Reading →
Love it or hate it, it's hard to deny that Pokémon is just as (if not more) culturally significant amongst millennials now than it was when we were actually its target audience. Everywhere you look these days, it's poké-this and poké-that, it gets pretty poké-nnoying after a while. But listen, I understand. Every once in... Continue Reading →
The first RPG I ever played was Skyrim on my Dad's PC. It was so intoxicating and immersive and unlike anything I had played before that, in my mind, it doomed all other RPGs to mediocrity in comparison. I sunk 200 hours into that son of a bitch and still had to resort to modding... Continue Reading →
I bet I surprised you with my super original title. I bet nobody talking about Shovel Knight has ever made that joke before /s Now that the obligatory shovel puns are out of the way, let's get serious for a second. Shovel Knight is an action-platformer that takes us back to a simpler time when... Continue Reading →
Gunfire Reborn is a co-op roguelite-FPS that's been consistently gaining traction online. I don't typically go in for first-person shooters, but I do go in for cute anthropomorphic animals in human clothes, so I figured I would give it a shot. I was pretty impressed by the quality of the game - the guns, the... Continue Reading →
Philosophers and media personalities love to debate whether videogames are "art" or just ways to pass the time (why not both? Why does music get to be both but not videogames?) I would like to think that anyone who finds their way to this blog is of the firm belief that videogames are not only... Continue Reading →
Every Pokémon Generation usually contains one original game, and one remake of a previous game. For example, in Generation 4 Pokémon Diamond and Pearl were original games and Pokémon SoulSilver and HeartGold were remakes of Pokémon Silver and Gold from Generation 2. When Generation 7 rolled around with Pokémon Ultra Sun and Ultra Moon, and... Continue Reading →
It's quite common these days for videogames to try and deliver some kind of message to their players through their visuals and themes. Usually, this message will be some grand, sweeping ideal about how war is bad, or to watch out for corrupt governments, or that love conquers all. The truth is however that most... Continue Reading →
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