The highs and lows of recomposing Zelda

I never played Crypt of the NecroDancer. When the roguelike rhythm-based dungeon crawler was released by Vancouver game studio Brace Yourself Games in 2015, it got a lot of good press for being a unique Indie game that blended disparate genres seamlessly. I'm not sure why I didn't try Crypt, so I'll just say I assumed …

Jason wrote a fanfic

I have been playing a LOT of Stardew Valley over the last week. For those uninitiated members of the audience, Stardew Valley is an independent farming/life simulation game in the same vein of Harvest Moon or Animal Crossing that came out in 2016 to critical and audience acclaim. Well-deserved acclaim at that. This is a …

Quick Time Events suck

I know it's a cliché to argue exactly what I'm saying in the title here, but don't worry. I'm not actually planning on going on a long tirade against QTEs in video games. This is just another case of 'I spent all day hanging out with my friends and didn't take the chance to write …

Entertainment Beat Report – April 12, 2018

As it turns out, I must be using the momentum from my Daily Titan post earlier this week to my advantage. Sometimes I astound myself with the way I can just go dark for days on end when I know I'll enjoy myself after I manage to get out multiple posts in a row. It's …