An Ode to the Grind
There’s something beautiful in it, of the relentless pursuit of something, no matter how draining or boring it may be, because the reward that will come is worth it.
Is Fire Emblem a Dating Sim?
Rather than plan out combat based on efficiency and efficacy, it was time to plan out who was going to kiss who.
Playing Smash when your Friends are better
We’re only on this planet for a short time, and if you only ever focus on some type of winning, it’s gonna be a shitty short time.
I Don't Replay Games
If I’m spending my time replaying a game I already own, how the hell am I supposed to play a different game I’ve never played before? That math just doesn’t work out.
The Superboss Problem
I just want to feel like when I do my best, the best is what will follow.
The Art of Combat
How you fight tells me who you are as a person
Why Does No One Copy Risk of Rain 2?
It is only in trying to imitate what we see as perfection that we can discover the next level to our art.
The Reverse Difficulty Curve: When a Game becomes Tedious
If you know you’re going to win anyway, what’s the point in playing to begin with?
Seeing the Blueprint: Appreciating Older Games
There’s something beautiful about being able to see the bones of the systems you know and love today in these games from the past, even if you feel their datedness all the more potently because of it.
Making your Enemies your Rivals
It is no longer a faceless enemy, but someone that has personally wronged you intentionally and with great maliciousness.
Expedition 33 Doesn't have a Good Ending. It Does have a Correct Ending.
We can’t go our entire lives trying to preserve every single thing as it was, and if we try to we will often ruin things we love.
When Does a Fake World become Real Part 2
Art matters, the soul matters, and it will always be real, even as it portrays things that don’t necessarily exist.