I spent most of the PlayStation 1 era obsessed with Japanese role-playing games. I blame Final Fantasy VII, mostly, since it was the first game I ever bought with my own money, causing it to become the standard by which all other games...

It’s difficult to think about the Wild West without some notion of romanticism. Despite the notoriously rough conditions of frontier life, cowboys, bandits and their ilk have become engrained in American culture, leaving us wistf...

I spend a lot of time in school not really paying attention. The majority of my academic week is focused on workshops and critiques, generally giving me a lot of time to space out and think about anything other than whatever bad prose ...

I've been going stir crazy today, sitting in a near empty apartment, waiting for a group of movers to arrive and unload furniture. I can't wait. I just want a place to sit down. The internet and cable finally got set up yesterday, so ...

I have been playing video games since I was five years old. I have worked in and around the skateboarding industry since I was seventeen. Bar none, skateboarding and video games are my two favorite things in the world. I am unbelievabl...

My brother is in prison. Sometimes, it’s hard to wrap my head around this fact. It sucks. Sure, over the years, we had grown apart. Our youthful bond had been stretched to its breaking point as we both transitioned to adulthood, ...

There has been much debate lately regarding the appeal of Bloodborne. Critics have praised it, while others decry it for being obtuse. Cries of “get good” or “Bloodborne isn’t for you” have been thrown aro...

Note: I wrote this piece earlier this year and never did anything with it. In the interest of sharing a unique game with a larger audience, I figured it should be posted here.  Everyone has fears, dreams and loved ones. If ...

I was writing a review for Tales From the Borderlands' second episode, 'Atlas Mugged' this morning and couldn't shake the feeling that the game sort of felt stale. This doesn't mean that the episode, or the series as a whole, is bad by...