Oliver Shellding
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Tron: Identity
Have you ever had Iced Cucumber Pepsi? Of course you haven’t, it’s a maddening idea that shouldn’t even be considered by someone entrusted to operate a car. Yet, back in 2007, it was all I wanted to drink for two glorious months. Cool, refreshing, sweet but not saccharine, this seemingly...
Walk into a gathering anywhere in North America. See who’s there. Do you recognize anyone? If so, abandon the plan. Is it clear of familiar faces? Then assess the age range. If they’re under twenty, I can’t promise that it will work, but you’re welcome to try. If you’ve got...
There’s probably never going to be catching the PlayStation 2 in terms of console sales and impact. Purchased by families who cared nothing for video games and everything for a DVD player, the PS2 played host to more titles than I care to list here. Many are well known and...
Hunt the Night
In worlds of fantasy creations, there are so many approaches to the balance of good and evil. In some cases, the evil seems to lurk in the shadows, a creeping dread that all feel but only a select few have to face. There are some where darkness operates with the...
Mato Anomalies
It’s a wonderful and sad fact that the digital marketplace has allowed many a people to reach across the far distances and spaces to get mostly anything they want at any time. My parents live in the middle of nowhere, but they can still get Netflix, Amazon deliveries. and video...
Kirby has such a roller coaster dynamic across his various games. Sometimes he’s a ball of yarn, sometimes he’s a strong fighting machine, sometimes he spends most of his life on the back of a hamster because Kirby’s Dream Land 2 was a magnificent evolution of a franchise. Last year...
I have been playing video games for more than three decades now, and the effect games have on me comes and goes. There are titles that positively captivate my attention with ideas and presentation, and ones that simply raise an eyebrow in terms of tenacity and innovation. There are games...
Elderand
Anyone ever seen Pi? The debut film from Darren Aronofsky, this movie supposedly tracks the mental decline of a gifted mathematician who seems to see and experience pi everywhere. A bunch of weird things happen, like Jewish underground groups, people from government agencies threatening harmless protagonists, and a brain on...
It’s exceedingly hard to project a proper plotline into a first person dungeon crawler. For one, the core mechanics and presentation ask you to hold the plot in mind while actively separating from the stage: it’s like if a musical just had people wordlessly playing mahjong between songs. Over the...
Not every game needs to reinvent the wheel in order to make a great impact. I’m thrilled that you think this particular title is a bold new take on deck-building, plant life simulation, and erotic exercises, but I’m seriously looking for a way to just lock in and turn off...
Rhythm games are one of those difficult fields to navigate in terms of balance. On the one hand, a majority of the players will want to have the core elements properly presented: good soundtrack, solid mechanics, and an appropriate difficulty curve. There’s a reason that Pop’n Music maintains a good...
Being able to have 2000 years of history to pull from as reference points in your media is an advantage I never imagined when coming to Japan. As an American expat, I’ve been heavily indoctrinated with tons of books, movies, and games that circle around key moments of history for...
