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Welcome to the thoughts and analysis homepage. This page will cover topics currently on my mind about games, comic books, books, and movies. An emphasis will be on analyzing recent news on these topics. Additional articles can include speculation and summaries of what is known about upcoming products, detailed story analysis, game play and features analyses, hidden details I have discovered, or my memories of playing games.
Of note, there will be frequent gameplay and story spoilers in these articles, especially if the game or story is old. This will happen much more often than in the review section!
Latest article: Pokemon News: Pokemon Week, 2022
Upcoming Articles: On Hiatus
- Game Story Case Studies, Season 2: Final Fantasy IX (Part 2)
- The Pokemon Starter Challenge: Sun Version Results
Articles:
- Pokemon News: Pokemon Week, 2022
- Nintendo News: Nintendo Direct 2/9/2022
- Good or Bad? Loot Boxes
- That’s All Games’ 2021 Year End Review
- Pokémon News: Pokémon Presents 8/18/2021
- The Anatomy of Platformers, Part 1: Playable Characters
- The Anatomy of Platformers, Part 2: Collectibles
- The Anatomy of Platformers, Part 3: Enemies, Hazards, and Obstacles
- Fitty’s Top 10 Video Games
- An Update About That’s All Games in 2021
- Pokémon News: Pokémon Presents 2/26/2021
- Nintendo News: Nintendo Direct 2/17/2021
- Good or Bad? Leveling Up in Video Games
- Overview: Pokémon Sword and Shield DLC: Part 2: The Crown Tundra
- Overview: Super Mario Bros. 35
- Nintendo News Round-Up: Week of 9/27/2020-10/3/2020
- Nintendo News: September 2020 Nintendo Direct Mini
- Nintendo News: Super Mario Bros. 35th Anniversary Direct
- Nintendo News: August 2020 Nintendo Direct Mini
- Nintendo News: July 2020 Nintendo Direct Mini
- Overview: Pokemon Sword and Shield DLC: Part 1: The Isle of Armor
- Pokemon News: Pokemon Presents 6/17/2020
- The Pokemon Starter Challenge: Intro
- The Pokemon Stater Challenge: Blue Version Results
- The Pokemon Starter Challenge: Silver Version Results
- The Pokemon Starter Challenge: LeafGreen Version Results
- The Pokemon Starter Challenge: Diamond Version Results
- The Pokémon Starter Challenge: Soul Silver Version Results
- The Pokémon Starter Challenge: White Version Results
- The Pokémon Starter Challenge: X Version Results
- The Pokémon Starter Challenge: Alpha Sapphire Results
- Preview: Bravely Default II Demo (Switch)
- Nintendo News: Nintendo Direct Mini 3/26/2020
- Pokemon News: Pokemon Direct 1/9/2020
- That’s All Games’ 2019 Year End Review
- Preparing for Battle in Pokemon Sword and Shield
- The State of Pokemon Sword and Shield (October 2019)
- Game Design Issues: Cheating in Pokemon
- The State of Pokemon Sword and Shield (September 2019)
- Overview: Super Kirby Clash (Switch)
- Nintendo News: Nintendo Direct 9/4/2019
- The State of Pokemon Sword and Shield (August 2019)
- Good or Bad: Random Encounters in RPGs
- The State of Pokemon Sword and Shield (July 2019)
- The State of Pokemon Sword and Shield (June 2019)
- Nintendo News: E3 2019 Nintendo Direct
- Pokemon News: Pokemon Direct 6/5/2019
- Pokemon News: Pokemon 2019 Press Conference
- Game Story Case Studies, Episode 1: Puyo Puyo Tetris (Part 1)
- Game Story Case Studies, Episode 2: Puyo Puyo Tetris (Part 2)
- Game Story Case Studies, Episode 3: Puyo Puyo Tetris (Part 3)
- Game Story Case Studies, Episode 4: Puyo Puyo Tetris (Part 4)
- Game Story Case Studies, Episode 5: Puyo Puyo Tetris (Part 5)
- Game Story Case Studies, Episode 6: Puyo Puyo Tetris (Part 6)
- Game Story Case Studies, Episode 7: Puyo Puyo Tetris (Part 7)
- Game Story Case Studies, Episode 8: Puyo Puyo Tetris (Part 8)
- Game Story Case Studies, Episode 9: Puyo Puyo Tetris (Part 9)
- Game Story Case Studies, Episode 10: Puyo Puyo Tetris (Part 10)
- Game Story Case Studies, Episode 11: Puyo Puyo Tetris (Part11)
- Game Story Case Studies, Episode 12: Puyo Puyo Tetris (Part 12)
- Game Story Case Studies, Episode 13: Puyo Puyo Tetris (Part 13)
- Game Story Case Studies, Episode 14: Puyo Puyo Tetris (Part 14)
- Game Story Case Studies, Episode 15: Puyo Puyo Tetris (Part 15)
- Game Story Case Studies, Episode 16: Puyo Puyo Tetris (Part 16)
- Game Story Case Studies, Episode 17: Puyo Puyo Tetris (Part 17)
- Game Story Case Studies, Episode 18: Puyo Puyo Tetris (Part 18)
- Game Story Case Studies, Episode 19: Puyo Puyo Tetris (Part 19)
- Game Story Case Studies, Episode 20: Puyo Puyo Tetris (Part 20)
- Game Story Case Studies, Episode 21: Puyo Puyo Tetris (Part 21)
- Game Story Case Studies, Episode 22: Puyo Puyo Tetris (Part 22)
- Game Story Case Studies, Episode 23: Puyo Puyo Tetris (Part 23)
- Game Story Case Studies, Episode 24: Puyo Puyo Tetris (Part 24)
- Game Story Case Study, Episode 25: Puyo Puyo Tetris (Part 25)
- Game Story Case Study, Episode 26: Puyo Puyo Tetris (Part 26)
- Game Story Case Studies, Episode 27: Puyo Puyo Tetris (Part 27)
- Game Story Case Studies, Episode 28: Puyo Puyo Tetris (Part 28)
- Game Story Case Studies, Episode 29: Puyo Puyo Tetris (Part 29)
- Game Story Case Studies, Episode 30: Puyo Puyo Tetris (Part 30)
- Game Story Case Studies, Episode 31: Puyo Puyo Tetris (Finale)
- Game Story Case Studies, Season 2: Final Fantasy IX (Part 1)
- Design Issues in Gaming: Writing for Games
- That’s All Games’ 1 Year Anniversary
- Preview: Box Boy + Box Girl Demo (Switch)
- Design Issues in Games: Sequels
- Preview: Deltarune Chap. 1 (Switch)
- Overview: Tetris 99 (Switch)
- Preview: Yoshi’s Crafted World Demo Version
- Pokemon News: Pokemon Direct 2/27/2019
- Pokemon VGC 2019 Oceania International Championship
- Nintendo News: Nintendo Direct 2/13/2019
- The Anatomy of RPGs, Part 1: Stats
- The Anatomy of RPGs, Part 2: Battle
- The Anatomy of RPGs, Part 3: Customization
- The Anatomy of RPG’s, Part 4: Interaction
- Good or Bad: Life Systems in Games
- Tales of Unfinished Reviews
- Kirby Star Allies’ Final Update
- That’s All Games’s 2018 Year End Review
- What Might Let’s Go Pikachu and Eevee Mean for Pokemon?
- Pokemon VGC 2019 Latin America International Championship
- Nintendo News: Smash Ultimate Direct 11/1/2018
- Intro: The 10 Day Video Game Challenge on Facebook
- Day 1: The 10 Day Video Game Challenge on Facebook
- Day 2: The 10 Day Video Game Challenge on Facebook
- Day 3: The 10 Day Video Game Challenge on Facebook
- Day 4: The 10 Day Video Game Challenge on Facebook
- Day 5: The 10 Day Video Game Challenge on Facebook
- Day 6: The 10 Day Video Game Challenge on Facebook
- Day 7: The 10 Day Video Game Challenge on Facebook
- Day 8: The 10 Day Video Game Challenge on Facebook
- Day 9: The 10 Day Video Game Challenge on Facebook
- Day 10: The 10 Day Video Game Challenge on Facebook
- Honorable Mentions: The 10 Day Video Game Challenge on Facebook
- Overview: NES-Nintendo Switch Online
- Nintendo News: Nintendo Direct 9/13/2018
- Preview: Mega Man 11 Demo
- What Pokemon Could Learn From Octopath Traveler
- The 2018 Pokemon World VGC Championship
- Nintendo News: Smash Bros. Ultimate Direct
- Blank Slate Characters in Video Games
- Good or Bad: Free to Play Games
- Opinion: My Thoughts on DLC
- How to Address Toxic Players
- A Look at The 2018 Pokemon NAIP
- Fixing Pokemon’s Competitive Game
- Fire Emblem Retrospective
- Nintendo at E3 2018: Super Smash Bros. Ultimate
- Nintendo E3 2018 News
- Comparing Splatoon 1 to Splatoon 2
- Pokemon News: 5/30/18
- Good or Bad: Removing Chance in Pokemon
- Casual vs. Ranked Case Studies
- Dream Allies in Kirby Star Allies
- Comparing Star Allies to Other Games
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