Fun fact, I have absolutely no interest in boxing. I think it is one of the most moronic sports out there. Two dudes get in a ring and punch the tar out of each other until one of them either gives up or passes out. Why would anyone do that? I don't know, and honestly, I don't care. So, then, you might be wondering, if I'm so apathetic towards the sport, why oh why is … [Read more...]
Splatoon 2 – “Don’t Get Cooked… Stay Off the Hook!”
Splatoon 2 (S2), in fact, the Splatoon series on the whole, was never a Nintendo IP that I had the least bit of interest in. From the hideous design of the Inkling protagonists, to the idiotic Punk/Hip-Hop aesthetic, to the awful music, to the fact that it was (what I believed to be, until very recently) solely focused on PvP combat, this was not a game series for me. Or so I … [Read more...]
Luigi’s Mansion – This Old House
Seeing as Halloween is fast approaching and since Nintendo is about to release a remake of the game, I figured now would be as good a time as any to pull out this old gem, and give it a good analysis. Note, this analysis pertains only to the original GCN version of the game. Many of my gripes about this version may well have been cleaned up for the New 3DS remake. I'm not sure, … [Read more...]
Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door – The Last Great Entry In The Series
So, after analyzing Paper Mario: Color Splash, I figured I owed it to myself to analyze a good entry in the once beloved series of Paper Mario. And, while the original is indeed a fantastic game, it can't hold a candle to its direct sequel, Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door (PMTTYD). On a side note, as I sat down to write this analysis, I realized this will be my third RPG … [Read more...]
Octopath Traveler – 8 Characters, 8 Stories, 1 Fun Game
Long ago I became disenchanted by JRPG's. They were long. They were tedious. They were all the same. In a word: boring. News of a new Final Fantasy or Dragon Quest was as exciting to me as a lecture on ontological empiricism. In this genre of games, there seemed to be little in the way of innovation. So, why, you might ask, would I even bother to play Octopath Traveler (OT), a … [Read more...]