Being Tethered to the Console

All retro gamers will agree that there are limitations to what older systems will allow the player to do. Graphics and software aside, it's the hardware, particularly the controllers that create the biggest barriers to a truly pleasurable gaming experience. I think about the Super Nintendo, for example. The system is considered to be just…Read more Being Tethered to the Console

Sleep A Little, Miss Alot

Ah, the sleep spell. Such a wonderful and overused video game trope. Most RPGs, and few other genres, have sleep spells that pretty much cripple any player who is unfortunate enough to have it cast upon them. Every Final Fantasy game has it, as well Pokemon, Warcraft, Skyrim, and even Smash Bros.; just to name…Read more Sleep A Little, Miss Alot

Through the Reign of Terror

As a writer, I am always surprised to see how similar the stories are that people compose. From the plots of books to television shows and even video games, storylines have the tendency to show similarities between each other. I do not think that this is done on purpose, but rather comes about through subconsciously…Read more Through the Reign of Terror

When Our Reputation Is At Stake

I have actively played World of Warcraft for 13 years and counting. My wife and I got married in 2006 and moved into a small apartment in a tiny town that had very little to offer as far as entertainment. Both of us were raised on Blizzard titles, Warcraft and Diablo being the two that…Read more When Our Reputation Is At Stake

When Our Credit Isn’t Enough

I know that the store has received some fire over the years for its seemingly unfair trade-off policies and store credit scales, but I can not lie; I love GameStop. I remember when the first GameStop stores came into existence in 1999 after they changed their name from Babbage's (which I think was a great…Read more When Our Credit Isn’t Enough

Playing Off Another Man’s Coin

Some of my earliest memories of video games occurred in arcades. Just in case you are one of those gamers who started playing on this side of the 21st century, an arcade is a place that is so much more than where people go to play retro video games and blow their hard-earned milk money.…Read more Playing Off Another Man’s Coin

All On the Same Level

Despite what many people may think, the Gospel of Jesus Christ is not an alienating principal that bashes people in their heads with their own flaws and sins. There is this misconception that “sinners” are those who do not belong in churches or with Christians in general, but that could not be further from the…Read more All On the Same Level

The Wrath that We Deserve

As I start off with this series on the Romans Road, I am reminded of a big mess called Sin. Yeah, we will get to the Biblical concept of sin here in a little bit, but what I am actually talking about takes place in the post-apocalyptic world of Final Fantasy X. JRPGs (Japanese Roleplaying…Read more The Wrath that We Deserve

Traveling Down that Road

I recently had the epiphany that, though most of us play video games, I would imagine very few of us know how they work. Putting a cartridge into my Nintendo Switch, I notice just how small those little pieces of plastic and micro-filament are. How is it possible that something so small could generate such…Read more Traveling Down that Road

Look for the Marker

Man, have games gotten big. The closest thing we got to open-world games back in early days of gaming were the old Japanese role-playing games (JRPGs) and Legend of the Zelda titles because they allowed for players to “explore” the environment around them. Unfortunately, exploring looked more like wandering into a conveniently placed cave and…Read more Look for the Marker