Yeah, I’m doing this one a week early this year, because why not. So let’s take a look at year eleven of this blog. Three Most Popular / Viewed Posts #3: Combat Evolved Unevolved Ah, Halo, a game I love dearly. It’s always great to revisit old media and see how they hold up through… Continue reading 2023 In Review
Away Again
Once again I find myself on another adventure, and once again I find myself on a Saturday with less time than I’d need to write a blog post about some thing or another. So instead, here’s another cop out, perhaps I earned the week off after last week’s rumination on Final Fantasy VII and Ways… Continue reading Away Again
Holds Up
I’m playing through Final Fantasy VII these days (alongside, y’know, Spider-Man 2 and the ever-present siren song of Destiny 2) for the first time in fourteen years. It’s a lot different approaching it as someone in his thirties versus a guy in his late teens and it’s cool to revisit the story and see some… Continue reading Holds Up
Pointless Games
I’ve been playing a bunch of The Sims lately, as I do every now and then. The Sims is a weird game for me; it’s one with no goals. You can’t beat The Sims, not in the way you can other games, the point is just to play. Any 'point' to playing is one you… Continue reading Pointless Games
Thanksgiving
Happy Thanksgiving Weekend (least in the States)! Nothing witty or profound to write here, just getting the blog post in and going back to a time spent with family. Because sometimes real life is more important than overthinking pop-culture. Sometimes.
Good Distractions
With Armored Core VI in the rearview, I’ve dived headfirst into Spider-Man 2. I’ve played a good amount, but I’m still early in the story — I keep getting distracted. Like the first one, this takes place in Manhattan, New York (with the addition of an abbreviated Brooklyn and Queens). Just like in real life,… Continue reading Good Distractions
Marvelous
So The Marvels is out now, another MCU movie in a deluge of MCU media so prolific that the initialism MCU no longer needs an explanation. We’re a long way away from 2012 when the whole idea of a Marvel Cinematic Universe seemed like a long shot that paid off with The Avengers. But that… Continue reading Marvelous
A Complete Season
I wasn’t expecting to enjoy the second season of Loki nearly as much as I am. I feel like after coming out of the gate really strong with Wandavision, most of Marvel’s shows have been somewhere between decent and fine with perhaps their most consistent flaw being their tendency to get oddly muddled. Ms. Marvel… Continue reading A Complete Season
Eleven Thirty
I’ve just realized it’s nearly 11:30pm on a Saturday and I haven’t started a blog post. It’s been another long week, one capped with a friend visiting this weekend so my time in front of my computer has been limited, even less my time spent thinking of some witty and/or insightful rant/essay to write. It… Continue reading Eleven Thirty
Good For Now
I finished my first playthrough of Armored Core VI and I’m starting the New Game +, with the intention of going for the special ending of the New Game ++ (unless the game becomes unsurmountable hard). Meanwhile, Spider-Man 2 came out this week, the sequel to a game that I absolutely adored when it came… Continue reading Good For Now
Essays, Not Rants! 