The 2018 Pokemon World VGC Championship

Links-Home–Reviews–Articles–Library–Contact This past weekend, from Friday August 24, through Sunday August 26, was the 2018 Pokemon world championships. They took place in Nashville, Tennessee, and featured a total prize pool of $500,000 split between 3 different games and 3 different age divisions per game (with only 2 age divisions for Pokken tournament). Pokemon Ultra Sun […]

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Review: Octopath Traveler (Switch)

Links-Home–Reviews–Articles–Library–Contact First before I begin, let me apologize for the delay. I obtained Octopath Traveler on release, and for the most part had been playing it every day. I decided to play through to the final ending, and it took me way longer than expected. Luckily, I finished this game on Wednesday August 22, 2018, […]

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Blank Slate Characters in Video Games

Links-Home–Reviews–Articles–Library–Contact Have you ever played a video game and thought, “Why doesn’t the main character have something neat to say?” I know many games have this sort of main character. Throughout the entire game, they say absolutely nothing. This is all the more unusual, as most media (TV, movies, books, etc.) almost never do this. […]

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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 […]

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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 […]

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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 […]

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A Look at The 2018 Pokemon NAIC

Links-Home–Reviews–Articles–Library–Contact So this weekend, I had watched the live stream of the 2018 Pokemon North American International Championship, which took place in Columbus, Ohio. According to the commentators, there were around 2,000 competitors across the video game, trading card game, and Pokken Tournament games throughout the event. This also includes players in three age divisions […]

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