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Links-Home–Reviews–Articles–Library–Contact Okay guys, it is time for me to weigh in on an issue that has come to my attention concerning the upcoming Pokémon game, Pokémon Sword and Pokémon Shield. Instead of dancing around what that issue is, I will state it quite plainly: there are apparently going to be some cuts in the Pokémon […]
Read More The State of Pokemon Sword and Shield (June 2019)Links-Home–Reviews–Articles–Library–Contact Today, I have more to say about the writing in Puyo Puyo Tetris’s story mode. This is part 4 of my critique of this game, and will contain SPOILERS throughout. I have decided to skip some story portions for this article, and future articles on Puyo Puyo Tetris, so as not to repeat myself […]
Read More Game Story Case Studies, Episode 4: Puyo Puyo Tetris (Part 4)Links-Home–Reviews–Articles–Library–Contact On June 11, 2019, Nintendo released more information on upcoming games in a Nintendo Direct at E3 2019. I will go over what was announced, and add some impressions at the end. There is a fair amount to cover here, so let’s get started. For Super Smash Bros. Ultimate, The Hero (from the Dragon […]
Read More Nintendo News: E3 2019 Nintendo DirectLinks-Home–Reviews–Articles–Library–Contact Recently, on June 5, 2019, there was a Pokemon direct concerning the upcoming games, Pokemon Sword and Shield. There was enough new information to wet my appetite for these games, and I look forward to playing them when they come out world wide on November, 15 2019 (which was announced in the video). I […]
Read More Pokemon News: Pokemon Direct 6/5/2019Links-Home–Reviews–Articles–Library–Contact With my recently finishing Final Fantasy IX, I started to get into an RPG mood. I decided to replay the Game Boy Advance remake of the first Final Fantasy. While this remake, titled Final Fantasy I & II: Dawn of Souls comes with both Final Fantasy and Final Fantasy II on it, I will […]
Read More Retro Review: Final Fantasy: Dawn of Souls (GBA)Links-Home–Reviews–Articles–Library–Contact On the evening of 5/28/2019, the Pokemon company hosted a press conference in Tokyo. There were a number of new games, software, and products revealed to be in Pokemon’s future. This conference was a bit of a surprise, but was aired on twitch for the public to view. Today’s article will summarize what was […]
Read More Pokemon News: Pokemon 2019 Press ConferenceLinks-Home–Reviews–Articles–Library–Contact Well, it might not be much of a secret now, but I am a big fan of RPG’s. I have enjoyed the Final Fantasy series since playing Final Fantasy IV on the SNES (called Final Fantasy II in the west, originally). However, my love of RPG’s clashed with my owning primarily Nintendo consoles when […]
Read More Review: Final Fantasy IX (Switch)Links-Home–Reviews–Articles–Library–Contact Today, we have part three of my critique of Puyo Puyo Tetris’s story mode. There are a lot of scenes in this game, many of them with shaky writing in it. I will cover some of the scenes that stand out more, so I do not have to cover dozens of episodes for this […]
Read More Game Story Case Studies, Episode 3: Puyo Puyo Tetris (Part 3)Links-Home–Reviews–Articles–Library–Contact Welcome to Part 2 of my analysis of Puyo Puyo Tetris’s story mode. While I covered a lot in just the opening scene of the game in the previous episode, there is plenty more for me to cover in this game’s story mode. Obviously, there are a lot of SPOILERS here, so be sure to […]
Read More Game Story Case Studies, Episode 2: Puyo Puyo Tetris (Part 2)Links-Home–Reviews–Articles–Library–Contact Hello, and welcome to my newest series of articles, Game Story Case Studies, where I critique the writing and storytelling from video games, both good and bad. To be clear, when I say writing, I will not only include anything written on screen in a video game, but also the visual storytelling, and spoken […]
Read More Game Story Case Studies, Episode 1: Puyo Puyo Tetris (Part 1)