Spooky Scary Summonings

As we quickly approach Halloween, a number of things come to mind for me. Firstly, I can't help but think about how fast October passed by this year. Honestly it's just felt like a blink since the Oct. 1 and it's ridiculous. However, I suppose I can't complain excessively about that, because I'm also in …

Trials of the Holy War

The time for Tempest Trials has come once again in Fire Emblem Heroes. Unlike the last go around, I wouldn't say I'm needlessly exhausted and upset with the event. Perhaps the set of mini trials in between the main installments really were what did it for me. Who knows. Whatever the reason was, I'm not …

October 17, 2017 Article Published

Two days in a row of writing on deadline makes Jack a sharp writer. Translated: There's truly no rest for the wicked it seems, as yesterday was the second day I wound up writing a pretty long story regarding at least somewhat breaking news at the last minute for the paper. On Sunday it was …

Fire Emblem Heroes: Genealogy of the characters I don’t know

I think the title of this one basically says all that needs to be said. Hey everybody, welcome to another long-winded Fire Emblem Heroes update post here on Jason's blog. Normally I'd start off this kind of post with a whimsical affirmation that things definitely won't be as relentlessly wordy as before... But considering how …

October 16, 2017 Articles Published

I'm sure I've said this before, but it's very rare that I get the pleasure of seeing my two passions - video games and journalism - meld so nicely together at this stage in my career. So I really enjoy the times that they do come together, like with this review I wrote about the …

Helping inspire the next generation

Though I usually relish my two days a week that I don't have to drive out to Fullerton for school and production, today I spent my Saturday going out to CSUF so I could hang out in the newsroom all afternoon. But not because of production this time around. No, today was the Journalism Association …

October 9, 2017 Article Published

I'm so used to waiting for the day a story is in print to post one of these blog posts that I totally didn't even think about the fact that this article went online only yesterday. We put out a special weeklong financial issue Sunday night, so the rest of our content has been exclusively …

Fire Emblem Heroes Version 1.8: Forging with Dragons

Luckily for my sudden onset of insomnia tonight, it seems I have a new distraction to mull over beyond Superstar Saga. And writing overly long diatribes about Superstar Saga that I'm going to have to cut down to a more manageable form for a general newspaper audience. Seriously, Sarah, if you wind up reading this... …

Reunited and it feels so good

After a long week of dealing in hard news, it feels nice to finally make it to the weekend. It feels even nicer to make it to the weekend when that weekend happens to hold the ever-tantalizing promise of a brand new video game! The remake of Mario & Luigi Superstar Saga came out today …

October 5, 2017 Article Published

I was looking to have this out earlier, but after my early day of classes I wound up coming home and passing out for a long time. So... Better late than never, I suppose. Yesterday, the Cal State Fullerton University Police Department sent out a crime alert about a suspect allegedly masturbating in public at …