Good or Bad: Free to Play Games

Links-Home–Reviews–Articles–Library–Contact There are a few different models of how to monetize video games. There are the games you pay full price at retail, the kind you pay full price before you download, and there are free to play games, (sometimes called free to start), where the game is a free download, but some content can […]

Opinion: My Thoughts on DLC

Links-Home–Reviews–Articles–Library–Contact Almost anyone who has played most games these days has heard of DLC. DLC is short for downloadable content, and is purchased online to add new features to a video game. Now, if you are like me, you would be weary of the idea of paying more money for games that are already expensive […]

How to Address Toxic Players

Links-Home–Reviews–Articles–Library–Contact Okay, anyone who has played enough online games has seen them. There’s always one of those players who wants to make your gaming experience miserable. Maybe it is personal, due to you winning, maybe they treat every player this way, but it is hard to ignore that the gaming world has just enough toxic […]

Fixing Pokemon’s Competitive Game

Links-Home–Reviews–Articles–Library–Contact Pokemon can be fun. It features hundreds of unique collectible monsters, and best yet, you can trade or battle them with your friends. Without the option to play this type of game with others, this series might have been a fad, and may not have led to as many competing monster collection games/TV shows/card […]

Fire Emblem Retrospective

Links-Home–Reviews–Articles–Library–Contact Some of my favorite tactical RPG’s are from the Fire Emblem series. With a new game recently announced, I wanted to take a look back at the previous games I had played. The quality of each game seems to vary quite a bit, so I want to highlight some differences. It could be from […]

Comparing Splatoon 1 to Splatoon 2

Links-Home–Reviews–Articles–Library–Contact So it might not be a secret that I am a big Nintendo fan. Well before the Switch’s release, I wanted a Wii U, if only to play the Virtual Console title Earthbound. This article isn’t about that game. One of my next purchases was Splatoon. I found the demo to be a blast […]

Pokemon News: 5/30/18

Links-Home–Reviews–Articles–Library–Contact Okay, so some Pokemon news dropped early today. An upcoming Pokemon game for the Nintendo Switch is confirmed to be Pokemon Let’s Go Pikachu and Pokemon Let’s Go Eevee. There were rumors that this would be the titles of the new Switch game, but I decided to wait to report on it until it […]

Good or Bad: Removing Chance in Pokemon

Links-Home–Reviews–Articles–Library–Contact Ok, before we begin, let me say a few words about myself and Pokemon. Pokemon was the game that solidified my interest in gaming, particularly Nintendo, and gave me the interest in studying game design. I might not be writing these blogs if that game never existed! So do you want to be the […]

Casual vs. Ranked Case Studies

Links-Home–Reviews–Articles–Library–Contact Ok, online games can be great. You can play with friends who are far away. Additionally, can play with anyone and learn more about the game, and perhaps make new friends too. There can be a lot of fun and new experiences involved with playing online. As a long time Nintendo fan, it was […]

Dream Allies in Kirby Star Allies

Links-Home–Reviews–Articles–Library–Contact Alright, I had recently played and reviewed Kirby Star Allies. One thing my readers may have noticed is that I didn’t really discuss the dream allies, or guest characters featured in this game. This was mostly due to not using them in my play through, and I wanted to play as them in guest […]