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Ranking of Final Fantasy games because Polygon did it so I can do it, too.

17 items in list • Created Dec 19, 2017

Unsorted List of Games I Remember Playing in 2011

17 items in list • Created Jan 6, 2012

What I think the "Best World" category should actually mean

Dec 27, 2017

I wrote this as a post in reply to the video for the Best World category, but I think it's long enough to justify a blog post: This category top to bottom should have been "Best World Building." World building is not just environmental story telling. That is one tiny aspect of it. It's also character designs, art direction, model design, weapon design, ambient dialog between characters that you...

This sounds about right.

Apr 9, 2016

Why Clueless Gamer Being Paid For Isn't a Problem

Jan 25, 2014

I am specifically referring to this article by recode.net . To begin with, this isn't news. If you were actually paying attention, he never gave any game a real review score. In fact he goes out of his way to specifically make nonsensical and arbitrary fake review scores to point out that he is not giving review scores. This is a hint that they're paid spots. I realize even if they weren't paid...

A thought about Diablo 3 diffiulty levels

Aug 21, 2013

I had a thought about an alternative way to handle difficulty levels in Diablo III. One of the complaints I've heard about newcomers to the franchise -- and even a lot of people coming back from Diablo and Diablo II -- is that they have to play through the game three times before reaching the end game, and that at least two of those playthroughs are trivially simple. The monster power system he...

Black Mesa vs. Half-life

Feb 20, 2013

Several months ago, I had the idea that I should start streaming or making video game related Youtube videos. I really like talking about video games and trying to explain them. Around the same time, the Black Mesa Half-life 2 mod was finally coming out after being worked on for the better part of 8 years. I figured I would strike while the iron was hot and try to get some attention by playing...

Black Mesa (Source enginge mod) gameplay video with commentary

Sep 22, 2012

Black Mesa is a Source engine mod that's a recreation of Half-Life 1 using slightly-better-than Half-Life 2 graphics. It was in the works for nearly 8 years. It got to the point where I was super pessimistic about what the result was going to be . I decided to record my playthrough of the game, giving commentary along the way not just about the mod and what's changed from the original Half-Life...