Category: Features
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Musings on Pokemon Black & White
It’s hard for me to believe, but Pokemon: Black and White have turned ten this year. Maybe it’s age creeping up on me, but it feels like these games didn’t come out that long ago. In a lot of ways, they still feel brand new. It could also be the fact, I still have ready…
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How to Recognize if You Are Buying Bootleg Final Fantasy Merchandise
Final Fantasy is one of the biggest franchises in the world, which results in a lot of merchandise. As with any massive franchise, there is always the one thing that bugs me more than most: bootleg items. Bootleggers are people who distribute, buy, or sell rip-off items. Every convention I go to, there is always…
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Sega Genesis: Console War Memoirs
While the current major players in the console industry have been consistent for the past several generations, this has not always been the case. When people talk about the 16-bit era of gaming, the Super Nintendo receives a lot of love and attention. There is nothing inherently wrong with this. History is, after all, written…
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Musings on the Myst VR Remake
Take a Look, It’s in a Book A few years ago, I was talking to a friend of mine who lives out in California. She had just had a date with her now-fiancé at a virtual reality park out her way. We got to talking about how Virtual Reality games are now actually becoming a…
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Gaming with Anxiety: This is Bear Country
One of my coworkers is a huge Zelda fan. Zelda is basically her favorite video game franchise ever. And as such, she was super hyped for the announcement of a sequel to Breath of the Wild. Not all that surprising, since Breath of the Wild has become many people’s favorite Zelda game. One day she…
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Musings on Super Mario 3D All-Stars
When Super Mario 3D All-Stars was announced, I was immediately excited and did not hesitate to preorder the digital edition. But if you look all over the internet, there is a lot of back and forth about this game. People are questioning whether Nintendo put enough effort in, the graphics are good enough or if…
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The Blur Between Reality and Virtual Reality
Is This Real Life? A while ago, I had the opportunity to try The Void’s unique brand of hi-tech, hyper-immersive indoor virtual reality experiences. I felt astonished at how much their current technology matched up with the high-concept future imagined in science fiction and cyberpunk stories. With weighty haptic vests that cling to you as…
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Five Songs to Liberate the Galaxy To
Like many who were young boys in the early ’90s, I grew up on a steady diet of Star Wars and other galaxy-inspired sci-fi films. But unlike a lot of my friends who were in it for the Force Powers, the Light Sabers, and the Jedi Knights, I was more into the ships. I always…
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Sonic Mania 2: Dreams and Desires
Sega has recently announced that they have big plans for Sonic’s 30th Birthday in 2021. While they haven’t announced what those plans are, they have assured us that the plans include games. And it only makes sense. After all, it wouldn’t be the first time Sega has released nostalgia-filled celebrations for Sonic’s Birthday. When the…
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Hogwarts Legacy and The J.K.Rowling Problem
The highly anticipated role-playing game, Hogwarts Legacy, is set in the Harry Potter universe. However, the dilemma arises: how do we reconcile our excitement for the game we’ve longed for with the knowledge that the author of the original book series has exposed herself as an unsavoury individual? The Trans Community In recent years, J.K.…
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Sega Dreamcast: The Most Important Game
The Sega Dreamcast is a console that has a small but vocal fanbase. Fans widely consider it to be one of the most entertaining video game consoles ever made. I remember when I was in about the 5th Grade the advertisements were everywhere, hyping how it was going to change gaming. My neighbor was talking…
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Breath of Fire Remake: Where is it?
Where’s the Dragon Love? There is one particular Capcom series I hold near and dear to my heart, Breath of Fire. I feel the series has been brushed aside for years and to this day I am not entirely sure why given its millions of sales and incredibly loyal fanbase. Originating on the Super Nintendo…