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Star Trek Discovery: Wait… What’s Happening?
So Star Trek: Discovery has finally come out and I’m happy to report that it was not the disaster I was expecting. After years of production problems, ousted showrunners, and what is probably the fatal flaw of appearing on a CBS streaming program, I was expecting a complete mess that would totally unwatchable. In fact my expectations… Read more
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The Fall of the Bioware Empire: A Post-Mortem Mass Effect Analysis
I’ve been expecting this news ever since Bioware announced that Mass Effect 3 would not change its ending. I’d hoped that maybe Andromeda could save the Mass Effect series, but then I played it and those hopes were dashed. So let’s cut open the still warm corpse of one of the best scifi gaming franchises… Read more
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How Game of Thrones Became Lord of the Thrones
I’ve enjoyed the latest season of Game of Thrones, but not like I enjoyed the first few seasons; more like I enjoy binge watching Lord of the Rings and Star Wars. There’s something about heroes rushing headlong into battle against impossible odds and managing to pull out an unlikely victory at the last moment that… Read more
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Hellblade: Senua’s Sacrifice (To Mental Health)
Hellblade: Senua’s Sacrifice is a beautiful story and without a doubt my game of the year. It’s a brutal and visceral journey, filled to the brim with disturbing imagery, and yet it is a game filled with compassion and understanding for those who suffer mental illness. The main character, Senua, suffers from from a mental illness… Read more
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Romance in Video Games
I’m a firm believer that video games can be art. Video games can emotionally resonate with people as strongly as a beautiful painting, and can be as well written as any book. Yet there is one area of storytelling where video games just haven’t caught up with other artistic mediums: romance. I’ve been playing Dragon… Read more
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The Mummy 2017: So You Want a Cinematic Universe?
I’ve decided I need to do more positive reviews. When a story is awful, it’s easy to point out where its broken, but when a story works well… trying to describe how it works so well is hard to explain. Yet just because it’s difficult doesn’t mean I should avoid it. So in the coming… Read more
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