The Games that Defined Me

Gaming is such a tremendous, expansive hobby, and it's inevitable that each of us are drawn to a wildly different variety of titles. I've met so many people who have never even heard of some of my favorites, and vice versa. But all of us who play share something in common- a journey. There are …

A Retrospective of the Banjo-Kazooie Series

I’ve recently been lamenting the impending death of my Nintendo 64. It still turns on when I hit the power button, but after a certain amount of time passes it will reset itself. I had brief instances of this while playing Pokémon Stadium with friends, but its worst offense was this past year when I …

A Retrospective of the Dark Souls Series

Brutal. Punishing. An absolute nightmare. These were some of the ways that I originally heard Dark Souls described when it released in 2011. People praised the game because it made an effort to bring back the challenge of video games, which seemed to have been lost somewhere back in the 90s. On the internet, it …