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  • Ocarina Of Time Remake: I Truly Hate How Easy The Water Temple Is

    (Tl;dr video companion for this article): I’ve always been an advocate of “laughing it off” when it comes to frustration, cause if you can turn your anger into a laugh, anything annoying you becomes one big fucking punchline instead. Which, depending how pissed off one is, it’s far better to make something or someone into… Read more

  • Zelda: Ocarina of Time Remake; Gut Feeling

    (Tl;dr video companion to this article): If one predicates themselves on Stoic philosophy, they will be all the better at steeling themselves for the days when it feels like the whole world is against them… …cause those days are often just right around the corner Continuing on from where we left off, we had successfully… Read more

  • Legend Of Zelda: Ocarina of Time Remake And The Saliently Spirited Semantic Needed To “Keep The Creep” Alive

    (Tl;dr video companion for this article): Most of the time, one’s social problems can be resolved quite easily through the simple act of confidently exerting oneself. Link and Zelda should have just implemented the “Focus” strategy when first dealing with Ganondorf. Would have saved everyone a lot of time Yesterday was a predictably joyous day,… Read more

  • The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina Of Time Remake; Aristotelian Means

    (Tl;dr video companion to this article): Try as we might, we can’t always get what we want. Though these days, the economy has become such a dumpster fire, wanting anything more than living in filth ridden, abject poverty seems downright utopic I was fully prepared for a totally different “today” to play out in front… Read more

  • Castlevania: Compartmentalizing The Complication, One Crazy Creature At A Time

    (The tl;dr video companion to this article): I’m a big fan of inversion in the name of critical thinking, so while the classic idiom goes “can’t see the forest for the trees” in terms of a cautionary tale about missing the big picture due to focusing on smaller details, I think inverting the old adage… Read more

  • Resonance: Following In Naughty Dog’s Footsteps

    (The tl;dr video companion to this article): I always like to remind people the best way to troubleshoot something, happens to share similarities with the best way to do science: just try a bunch of shit and see what works. No worries on discerning the truth of the matter afterwards: it will be fairly evident… Read more

  • Pokopia: All Pokémon Are Created Equal, But Some Pokémon Are More Equal Than Others

    (The tl;dr companion video to this article): I’m always mindful these days about how much I allow myself to get caught up in the consumerist frenzy that begets so much of the modern day…if for nothing else but the sake of my own sanity. The age of men is nearing its end, I fear I’ve… Read more

  • Pokopia: Pokémon Of The World, Unite! You Have Nothing To Lose But Your Poké Balls

    (The tl;dr companion video to this article): Millenials have two things to look forward to these days: a new Pokémon game and how much getting out of bed sucks in the morning in your late 30’s and early 40’s. It use to be: I want to be the very best, like no one ever was!,… Read more

  • Mina The Hollower: The Legend That Never Was

    It is a cold hard fact of life: one can do everything right and still fail. Or you can be like Arby’s and avoid the anxiety of doing a good job by never trying at all As has been the case this year on Active Time Event, I’ve once again randomly stumbled into a rabbit… Read more

  • Mina The Hollower: A Tale Of Two Difficulties

    You never know where the day is going to take you at any given moment. As a cynic, however, my suspicions always remain firmly intact of what to expect from any 24 hour period One of the reasons I feel so vindicated in giving Mina the Hollower so many props where props are due, is… Read more

  • Mina The Hollower: Unearthing The Realm Of Darkened Madness

    Always be prepared to go with the flow, even if that flowing ain’t really where you want to be going. I’m not sure why, but in recent days, when I sit down to put some thoughts to screen, almost always for something video game related, I usually have to start the entire process by having… Read more

  • Mina The Hollower: A Whole Lot Of Depth

    Sometimes, you just got to dig deep down to realize what really matters. The real treasure was all the holes we made along the way My time with Mina the Hollower has been a fruitful one thus far, though I think this definitely falls under the umbrella of thought that says “got a good feeling”… Read more

  • Mina the Hollower: Revealing Bedrock Design

    Some days, even getting out of bed feels as if a nightmarish ordeal, and you just have to summon some grit and bear it. Unless your day is going to look anything like that thing above….then the bed is probably the best place to be Yesterday was a bit of a train wreck, not going… Read more

  • Mina The Hollower: Dig Up, Stupid

    No matter how good it’s going, you are only ever one existential crisis away from questioning your entire existence on some random day. It is on these deeply existential days we all feel like the “+ Nat Geo” of the human race Though I am looking forward to 100%ing Super Meat Boy 3D, I feel… Read more

  • Mixtape: Good Faith Makes Great Vibes

    As someone who is chronically stricken with stubborn cynicism, setting realistic expectations on a regular basis feels like an absurd prospect. Though no other way has ever made any more sense to me by days end As I continue my playthrough of Mixtape, I remind myself of a phrase I once heard in reference to… Read more

  • Quick Posit: History Repeating Itself

    When adapting a property, it’s always important to note exactly which inherent qualities to focus on in remaining faithful. In this way, I feel like the design elements for an Indiana Jones video game really are no brainers Reading this article about developer MachineGames reminds me of how much fun I had playing Indiana Jones… Read more

  • The Exhaustion Chronicles: Video Games I Slept On This Week

    As I sit here with bloodshot eyes and a sore body, knowing I still have one more overnight shift left to do before my work week is over, mulling over ideas in an attempt to fulfill my self-imposed status quo of writing about games everyday, I catch myself from nodding off right before my head… Read more

  • to a T is A-OKAY, IMO

    In spite of our best efforts, creative endeavors don’t always turn out the way we would have hoped, as recreating miracles can be an impossible feat. That doesn’t stop some from trying, however. Luckily, that isn’t always the case, and we, the collective, are treated to something a bit more colorful and creative as a… Read more

  • Does Katamari Damacy and Shadow of the Colossus help to provide The answer to the age old question: Do Great Games Need Great Mechanics?

    A jarringly simple question…one with as surprisingly complex an answer. A question that I recently posed to myself after reading an article discussing the newest game from Katamari creator Keita Takahashi, to a T, and an exchange that briefly occurred with another famous game designer Fumito Ueda, who helped lead the teams responsible for ICO,… Read more

  • Wisdom’s Genesis: The End of the Beginning

    Sic Parvis Magna…greatness from small beginnings. A phrase I became familiar with through my love of the Uncharted series, and one I regularly think about in my own absurdist quest of self-discovery, and one that’s taken me from my own humble origins that started all the way back in September 2012 on the original version… Read more

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