Choosing the Best Path

Back in my much younger days, which was predominantly lived during the 90s, video games were expanding their reach and influence. That decade was full of corporate competition between two developing heavyweights, Sega and Nintendo. It would be known as the Great Console War, and out of it came the fruits of competitive engineering. By…Read more Choosing the Best Path

Acting With Certainty

Man, to say that the last 365 days have been crazy is truly an understatement. With COVID-19 changing the landscape of everything that we thought we knew as "normal," many people have come to the conclusion that the life they knew before the pandemic is not one in which they can return to. The use…Read more Acting With Certainty

Remade in Glory

1997 was a very odd year for me. I remember transitioning from living in sunny California to the rather temporate Illinois environment because my father had recieved a job transfer. It was right around that time that the ultimate video game was releases; Final Fantasy VII. I played the predessor to that game till my…Read more Remade in Glory

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

Embracing the New While Remembering the Path

It's easy for me to look back at the last 30 years or so and see how far video games have come. Some of the earliest gaming memories that I have are with my father's old Atari 2600. Man, talk about one of the best retro systems ever made. For its time, the 2600 was…Read more Embracing the New While Remembering the Path

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

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

When the Best Becomes Old-Hat

Though I am only 36 years old, there are a few items that I have placed on my bucket list, assuming that I live long enough to accomplish all of them. I would love to go and visit the hospital in which I was born, which just happen to be outside of Tokyo, Japan. I…Read more When the Best Becomes Old-Hat

Building It Better Than Minecraft

My children are Minecraft nuts. When the game came out over a decade ago, I thought that it was a simple “Lego” fad that would go away over time, but it has certainly proven everyone wrong. With its 3D and blocky aesthetic, virtual architects all over the world have built some of the most mesmerizing…Read more Building It Better Than Minecraft