Going where several other blogs have gone before.
Sakura Wars GB is one of the most unique spinoffs in the entire Sakura Wars franchise. Not only did it release on the handheld of Sega's rival, Nintendo, in an era where Sega was still producing consoles but it's also the only game in the franchise where you play as a self-inserted character interacting with… Continue reading What is the Worst Possible Sakura Wars GB Playthrough?
Hello, and welcome to the third article in my new series on The Story Arc: Make a Musou. I love Dynasty Warriors, the number of times I bring it up, and the multiple Musou related articles I’ve written should be proof enough of that. However, I am currently in a Dynasty Warriors drought as I… Continue reading Make a Musou: Xenoblade Musou
Hello, and welcome to the third article in my new series on The Story Arc: Make a Musou. I love Dynasty Warriors, the number of times I bring it up, and the multiple Musou related articles I’ve written should be proof enough of that. However, I am currently in a Dynasty Warriors drought as I… Continue reading Make a Musou – Kingdom Hearts Musou
Recently, I've been thinking a lot about how Kingdom Hearts uses its gameplay to enhance its story more than people give it credit for. Now, gameplay and story integration is one of those things the more pretentious of us gamers like to give lip service too, but it's hard to define. For the purposes of… Continue reading Kingdom Hearts and Story-Gameplay integration
My favorite of the series
The ordinary picks aren't on the list
This is Part 3 of a multi-part Atelier Retrospective. If you would like to read from Part 1 click here, the next part is linked at the end of each article Welcome to part 3 of my Atelier retrospective, "Rorona to Ryza", previously I went over Atelier Rorona's sequel, Atelier Totori. Totori was a sequel… Continue reading Rorona to Ryza: An Atelier Retrospective Part 3: Atelier Meruru
Atelier Ryza 2 was just announced and is on track to be great given Gust's track record with Atelier. As a franchise, Atelier has gone through an odd evolution. If one were to skip one title in the series and then play the release after that, the gameplay wouldn’t seem to have changed much at… Continue reading Rorona to Ryza: An Atelier Retrospective Part 1: Atelier Rorona