The Feh Pass is worse than a “meh” pass. Fire Emblem Heroes was once the darling of the mobile gacha genre, but it has long since turned into a prolonged exercise in testing the fortitude of its player base. Case in point: after roughly a year of community unrest about…
The truth about clichés. If any of your friends are aspiring film critics, you might be used to hearing this phrase; “I didn’t like it, it was too cliché.” Clichés – ideas and stories that are considered overused – are a common criticism of any book, movie, video game,…
It is our destiny to love lightsabers. We love lightsabers. Yes, I’m talking about you, me, and all of our friends put together. That’s just a fact. I mean, how else would you explain all the articles theorizing about whether or not lightsabers could actually exist? Or how about the…
The magic behind video game music. Quick, hum as much of the Super Mario Bros. level music as you can in your head. It’s funny, isn’t it? Even if you don’t consider yourself a gamer, you can probably hum a decent chunk of that song on command. And on…
Unpacking Scooby-Doo’s enduring appeal Scooby-Doo has been around for over 50 years, yet it’s just as popular today as it was in the 60s. The more you think about it, the more outstanding this achievement is. The only American cartoons that are this old and still popular are legends…
Let’s strike the heart of the #BringBackNationalDex controversy. Like most Pokémon games, Pokémon Sword and Shield looked to be slam dunk success stories from the moment they were announced. But then, during a segment of Nintendo’s E3 Treehouse Live event, fans got news that took the wind out of…
Fan translations are the gift that has always given If you’re a fan of any foreign media, I don’t need to explain to you why fan translations are awesome. They’ve become an unspoken solace among nerds worldwide when something cool isn’t officially localized. Nintendo is still a decade on…
Zwei is a hidden gem in plain sight. In a year packed with games like Red Dead Redemption 2, God of War, and Super Smash Bros. UItimate, it can be easy for hidden gems to slide under the radar. But Zwei: The Ilvard Insurrection didn’t just slide under the…
The visual narrative genius of Kingdom Hearts 358 / 2 Days Kingdom Hearts has been hitting us with tear jerking endings since the PS2 original. But when it comes to the level of sadness that leaves you feeling empty and nostalgic for weeks, few games compare to Kingdom Hearts…
Settling the internet’s longest running Zelda debate once and for all. There are three things you shouldn’t talk about on the internet: politics, religion, and whether or not The Legend of Zelda is an RPG. I wrote that opening as a joke, but honestly, it’s not that far detached…
