NOTE: This is a review of the PS2 version. I could not get my hands on the 3DS version due to scalpers.
SPOILER ALERT: Plot details for Dragon Quest VIII will be discussed.
Dragon Quest is one of the founding pillars of the Japanese role-playing video game (JRPG). Created by…
NOTE: For this review I played the original PS2 version of FFX.
SPOILER ALERT: Plot details for FFX, FFX-2, and FFVII follow.
Do not be fooled by its festive island colors and fast-paced water sports, Final Fantasy X is among the more melancholic games in the Final Fantasy series. It…
SPOILER ALERT: Plot details for all of Evangelion and Devilman Lady.
Rebuild of Evangelion is complete. An ambitious film project that spanned fifteen years from 2007 to 2021 is over. It served not only introduce Evangelion to a new generation, but also to comment on the legacy of the original…
When The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past came out on the Super Nintendo in 1992, there were only two other Zelda games in existence. The first, of course, being the original Legend of Zelda and the second being its sequel, Zelda II: The Adventure of Link. The…
Video games are now recognized as an important part of our popular culture, a measure of our technological progress, and even by some as a form of art. There is also a growing understanding that video games are in need of preservation, with older ones falling into decay or growing…
Why did the frog cross the road? To just get home, apparently. In Konami’s 1981 arcade game, Frogger, the object of the game is simply to help some frogs across heavy traffic to their homes on the other side of the river. …
WARNING: This essay discusses sexual assault
SPOILER ALERT: Plot details for the Female Prisoner films are discussed
“There has always been a tendency to regard those women who have been publicly punished by the state for their misbehaviors as significantly more aberrant and far more threatening to society than their…
NOTE: For this review, I only managed to play the 3DS version, though for reference purposes, I did watch many videos from the N64 version.
SPOILER ALERT: Plot details for Ocarina of Time follow.
The launch of the Nintendo 64 was an exciting time for Nintendo’s longtime franchises. Would its…
In April of this year, President Joe Biden made the difficult decision to end America’s war in Afghanistan after nearly 20 years of failure. Even if you disagree with Biden’s decision to withdraw so soon, it’s hard not to understand his frustration. The Taliban controls more territory now than at…
I, like many college graduates, once fell for a student loan scam. The name of the scam was “Amerifed Doc Prep.” They gave the impression that they were affiliated with the U.S. Department of Education, they misled me into thinking that I would be enrolled onto an income-based repayment plan…
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