I spent a couple hours exploring The Painted World of Ariamis to see what enemies and secrets laid about. Once I got my fill of the place’s snowy castle grounds, I gathered my focus to face Priscilla. I waited for the boss…
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When is it time to stop? Call of Duty, Madden, and Just Dance don’t seem to get the memo. Other franchises like Dynasty Warriors and Monster Hunter are still going after stacks of sequels, but take long breaks so stagnation…
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The safest way to bring a grand console franchise to portable platforms is to water down its gameplay, visuals, and scope. A typical route for console action-adventure series is to make them portable side scrollers with a few mechanics pulled…
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You know that moment when a game transcends beyond its own exaggeration? Like when Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance starts with Raiden tossing a Metal Gear RAY into the sky that he slices into dozens of pieces, or when Dead Space…
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People can’t make up their minds about sequels. We ask for change, but when we end up with Linkin Park’s later albums, Resident Evil 6, or Star Wars: The Last Jedi, the end products are too foreign to their own…
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I’m embarrassed to mention this, but I went through this … short phase in my early teens where I was morbidly fascinated by violence. I remember watching movie scene compilations of gross-out gore with people dying in the most ludicrous…
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David Cage is a meme. Other videogame industry figures like Todd Howard, Reggie Fils-Aimé, and Jeff Kaplan are jokes among gamers as well, but the difference lies in how these guys are usually teased in a playful, loving way. On…
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There’s a crucial difference between the Crash Bandicoot and Spyro the Dragon trilogies: their hub worlds. The former has a world map in the first game akin to Super Mario World where you move your character along linear paths with stopping points signifying levels. The other…
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Video games and movies used to go together like peas in a pod. Less than a decade ago, it was rare to see a big blockbuster hit go without an interactive tie-in, but the trend has slowly disappeared due to the increasing…
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Yorda infuriated me when I played Ico several years ago. The character’s slow movement and sheer helplessness made me roll my eyes, whether I was guiding her across a sprawling area to solve a puzzle or guarding her as I…
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Hey there. I’m an editor for Love Thy Nerd and rogue writer who likes to talk about videogames and other media sometimes. I’ve written for Push Square, Tech Raptor, and Game Informer. I love theology, hot tea, rainy days, dragons, Star Wars, and Bionicle.
I put together opinion pieces and reviews in written and video formats during my spare time. I’m working on freelancing and streaming, too. If you enjoy my content, anything you can throw my way would mean the world to me by validating the effort I allot to my favorite hobby. Thanks for stopping by.
Thank you @sierraeagleson for spending 28 hours with me this year on @Spotify. You are my #1. #spotifywrapped
Darcy's Song is one of my all-time favorites. I don't know how I listened to your EP that much!
I wrote this! #StarWars Revenge of the Sith really is tragic when you step back and think about what the Jedi could have done differently for Anakin to help him work through his feelings.
why we can’t shake crunch and how we can do better by michael mendis
