Month: December 2023
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Sonic Retrospective, Part 9: Twenty Year Legacy
Following the more positive reception to Sonic Colors, things were looking up for the franchise; all Sega had to do was produce a worthy follow-up. With the series’ 20th anniversary approaching, they wanted to do something special, something that wouldn’t produce the disastrous results of their 15th anniversary title. So, come 2011, the fans grew…
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The Costs of the Successful Year in Gaming
The Game Awards have come and gone and we are days away from 2024; what a year it has been for video games. Baldur’s Gate 3 rightfully won the Game of the Year, its industry shaking mentality and breath of content won the hearts of all gamers as the game of the generation. The other…
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Yami’s Dark Prediction: Modern Commercialism and the World of Yu-gi-oh
I grew up in the late 90s and early 2000s. There was always another commercial on TV promising the hottest new toy, often either another robotic invention or some new collectible series that was going to be monetized to hell and back by selling it in packs. I don’t have children of my own yet,…
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Starfield Review
Oh boy, this one is going to be hard. When it was first announced at E3 in 2018, I was ecstatic! A Bethesda game in space! I had recently gotten into Bethesda and their games. My first experience was Fallout 4, and then Skyrim. I loved both of those games for different reasons. I loved…
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