Mario and Zelda are two of my favorite game series of all time. I’ve looked forward to every major release since I was a kid in the 80s and 90s. Despite only finding the series in 2017, my love for Nihon Falcom’s Ys matches the Nintendo powerhouse series. I enjoy the retro classics with their … Read more
Nintendo released one of the most impactful games in history during 1996. Super Mario 64 changed the landscape of 3D platformers and 3D gaming in general. Mario moved smoothly around wonderfully designed little worlds jam packed with secrets to discover. To this day it’s a ton of fun to play. I understand why it’s the … Read more
Star Trek: The Next Generation received one of the best series finales of all time. A love letter to fans, it brought together the strongest storytelling elements of the series into one massive send-off for the crew. Let’s look at what makes All Good Things such a stellar finale. Star Trek: The Next Generation is … Read more
Xenoblade Chronicles X is a mixed bag of amazing experiences and frustrating game design. Like the first game this one is absolutely worth playing, but it has some problems. I spent over 100 hours playing Xenoblade Chronicles X, so those problems aren’t deal breaker. They’re worth acknowledging, but I will whole heartily recommend this game … Read more
Your Name is a beautiful film. Emotionally, narratively, visually and in its audio design the film stuns.
Beat em ups were everywhere in the 90s. The genre hit peak popularity in the 16-bit era, as home ports finally began measuring up to the arcade originals. One of the more impressive games in the genre is Maximum Carnage, a wholly original console title. Released on the SNES and Genesis in 1994, it adapted … Read more
Die Another Day is the final Bond film starring Pierce Brosnan, and marks the 40th anniversary and 20th film of the series. After the disappointment that was the World is Not Enough, fan expectations were high. News of Hallie Berry, an Oscar winner, coming on board helped drive excitement. Die Another Day was to pay tribute to … Read more
In my review for Tomorrow Never Dies I called The World is not Enough a disaster. Looking at the box office results suggests otherwise. $362 million worldwide is fantastic. Hell, it was the most financially success Bond film at the time of its release. If money told the whole story we’d remember the film differently … Read more
Critical reaction for Tomorrow Never Dies was mixed and audiences were disappointed. Box Office results remained relatively stable, dipping only $20 million from Goldeneye, but today it’s a forgotten James Bond film. Not remembered fondly like Brosnan’s first and not the disaster of his next one, it vanished from the popular culture. I genuinely couldn’t … Read more
Goldeneye was the Bond franchise’s do or die moment. Six years had passed since the last film, the longest gap in the long running series history. Timothy Dalton’s License to Kill ended his run the British super spy, and people doubted whether Bond made sense in post-cold war 1995. People genuinely believed the franchise was … Read more
