Friday, December 25, 2015

Final Fantasy 7 Remake: Everything We Know


It's hard to believe that a Final Fantasy 7 Remake is finally happening. Given the current age of HD-Remaster-Reboot-Collection-Definitive-GOTY-ReRelease-2.8, it was only a matter of time before Square Enix bellied up to the bar so we could give them all of our goddamned money.

News of the remake has come in the form of a steady, slow trickle (likely so Square Enix may herd everyone aboard the hype train) but it's becoming exhausting wading through the reposted news stories from various big-wig game journalism sites. As of today, here is a comprehensive list of changes/features announced for the new Final Fantasy 7 Remake:

Sunday, October 4, 2015

Wytches: Volume 1 - Spoiler Free Review


Confession: I use Amazon when looking for new comics before buying at a comic store.  It's great since I can read reviews to whittle out bad purchases and then get what I want quickly without waiting on shipping. I know I could buy digital comics, but I want physical media and I want it now ...ish. This is how I stumbled onto Wytches. Now I plan on more research before future purchases.

Sunday, August 9, 2015

5 Heroes Characters I Want in Heroes Reborn



When Heroes came out in 2006, it quickly become one of my favorite shows. Despite it's long, drawn out story lines, I was immediately hooked by its stories of ordinary people discovering their extraordinary powers and destinies. Even as the show was cancelled, I remained glued to my seat waiting for some form of "more" Heroes. I felt like I was watching a Marvel movie, waiting for the "secret movie" after the end credits. After waiting through 9 years worth of end credits, I finally saw the secret movie!  

A few Heroes Reborn trailers have surfaced, showing many faces new and old. The return of Noah Bennett, Angela Petrelli, Matt Parkman, Micah Sanders, and Hiro Nakamura made me smile (while Mohinder and The Haitain were both met with a resounding "meh, mkay"). This roster is impressive, but I hope that Tim Kring has a few surprise guests up his very loose, wizard sleeves. Here are 5 characters I'd love to see in Heroes Reborn.

Monday, July 20, 2015

Odin Sphere: Leifprasir



(Norse) God-fucking-dammit.

Odin Sphere is next in line to receive an HD remake, which excites and frustrates me all the same! I picked up Odin Sphere when it first dropped on the PS2, admittedly because of it's beautiful art. The hand drawn environments and sprites were so alluring on the pages of my GameInformer magazine and even turned out to surpass this beauty in motion. I didn't have too much experience with side-scrolling dungeon crawlers but as a fan of action-RPGs I grew to love the battle system and absolutely loved the alchemy system (I'm actually a huge sucker for games that allow me to channel my inner potion-brewing witch). But the battle system's sudden and sharp increases of difficulty (leading to many-a cheap kill) turned me away from the game...