Yep. In spite of everything that 2020 and the start of 2021 are, I’m doing this again. Last year I set myself a lot of goals mainly focused on developing a healthier lifestyle in personal life and hobbies, and given the literal p...

I’m gonna be straight with ya’ll. Originally I wanted to open this with a somewhat existential yet ultimately optimistic ramble acknowledging the flaws of New Year’s traditions while defending them from my personal ex...

If you’ve haven’t kept up with my cblogs over the past month, I’ve attempted this year’s National Novel Writing Month challenge, and I promised to do a reflection on the results of that challenge afterwards. Her...

CHAPTER 3: Just Rewards “Eat deeply of the Daikaiju’s bounty, warriors!” The camp’s dining hall grew raucous with battle-weary kaiju (all of us limiting our current forms to about 6 feet tall, of course), ignori...

So, this is a bit late. Long story short, I've been in a bit of a rut because when I looked at my chapters I published for this project last week, I felt... unusually embarrassed of my writing. I had wanted to "rush" my writing to get ...

Chapter 2: Business as Usual “Name your business, insect.” I looked up at the kaiju lizard guardsmen, their bodies standing over the camp’s entrance like a living gate. “Felsac Kesei,” I answered, pulling ...

NaNoWriMo is upon us again, and what better arbitrary excuse do I have to get my creative butt in gear and make strides towards my dream of writing fiction? Hopefully many, by the time I'm done here! I'll keep this prelude brief, but f...

Let’s cut to the chase. I’ve decided it’s time I resign from contributing to Destructoid as a staff member. I love the community, I love the staff, and I love what I’ve been writing for the site, but this is a d...

Eons ago, the gods walked upon this planet. With a rake of their claws, they wiped civilizations out of history. With a flick of their wrists, they reaped harvests that fed thousands. They imposed such a ferocious presence that even th...

For the past 20-plus years, I’ve either not bothered to set New Year Resolutions or I’ve declared them only to drop them a few months later. This might be normal for most people, but something about it still feels… c...

I like to play gacha games. A lot of people here don’t, for reasons I rarely challenge because they are perfectly legit concerns. But I still like them for legit reasons of my own. This has been a bit of a source of a personal st...

We’re the ones who made it this far Mario has succeeded in making his fantastic journeys a part of our everyday lives, in more ways than one. His massive critical acclaim is no longer a surprise or a massive shift in the industr...

Rocket Power was one of those 90s Nick shows I simply liked, but boy did I watch it a ton. I didn’t love it, but I never saw any other show about kids pursuing their passion for extreme sports, so it stuck out to me. When I most...

Spin the wheel, take a chance Mario Party is the culprit behind many of the most infamous social gatherings in history. Much like Mario Kart, it’s known for placing random shenanigans before skill and practice. But applying that...

I’ve shared my mobile gaming habits on this site before, but my free-to-play hopping ventures go back to before I even had my own mobile phone. When it comes to gaming, I liken myself to an adventurer and explorer, always seeking...

A new world’s calling out to you Nostalgia is a powerful tool. We long for the comfort of the things we indulged in during our childhoods, things that we trust more than anything we have to spend our adult paychecks on. Used wise...

Oh we can zoom all the way to the moon The car. One of mankind’s greatest, and worst, inventions. It allows any ordinary person to cross miles within minutes, but in the wrong hands, it’s a dangerous tool. Of course, I&rsqu...

You know that you’re my superstar Mario rocketed himself to fame so quickly, yet he only seems to gain more and more momentum with each year. We’re used to his stellar performances, and he still manages to one-up himself and wo...

You know that any captain needs a crew Mario is iconic for many things, but whatever he does has his iconic ‘Mario’ flair. His games are happy-go-lucky, raising tension and drama only for the sake of adventurous thrill. Hi...

Hey! This is pretty unusual for what I do here, so here’s a quick FYI. I was wrestling with a bad mood last week (Spoilers: I’m much better now, thanks!) and I wasn’t 100% sure why. Eventually, my mind wandered over t...

You Flaming Idiots! The Internet is iconic for being a battlefield of opposing opinions. My motto is that as long as they don’t hurt anyone, it’s great to have contrasting thoughts and to respectfully debate them! But we a...

Jump up, don’t be scared The transition from 2D to 3D is a trial that countless video game mascots, but especially platformers, stumbled upon with the rise of polygonal graphics. Sonic landed decently enough at the time, but his...

To say that last month was a clusterfudge for Patreon would be an understatement. I discussed it already in quickposts and blogs, but to summarize what happened and the final result of those happenings… Around Dec. 6th, Patreo...

The mobile market is oversaturated with freemium RPGs. The foundations of the gashapon model, while not inherently malicious, are capable of sliding off the slippery slope so easily that it’s been exploited by countless companie...

EDIT - Patreon's announced that they're backpedaling! I still have a lot of things to weigh in light of this whole fiasco and whether or not I'll proceed with launching a Patreon page, but if nothing else, I'm glad for the countless cr...

I Wanna Be the Very Best Fanfiction is a stigma among storytellers, but everyone starts somewhere. I first stretched my creative writing muscles over a decade ago on the official SEGA forums’ Sonic Fanfiction subforum, and your a...

You could say my hat is off to you Within a handful of years after his debut, Mario exploded into the most popular video game franchise of his time… mostly because he’s responsible for the explosion of the video game indu...

Clickbait proofing: No, I’m not putting my blogs behind a Patreon paywall. I’m not as heckbent on destroying my reputation as EA. Thanksgiving has already come and gone, but hoo boy… I still have so much to thank yo...

It's Freedom Like You Never Knew Ohsnap, I forgot to mention I also played Super Mario Bros 2 on NES during the first entry of this series! I guess part of why is that I don’t have many strong memories of that game. It’s a ...

Live and Learn... Hanging On the Edge of Tomorrow Sonic’s history is a troubled one. You don’t need me to tell you that, but I do need to tell you that’s what this blog is focused on today. At first, the little hedgeh...