A very, very long overdue New Year’s update

*Blows dust off of this WordPress account* Oh boy, it has been a while hasn't it? Guess the best way to start this overdue update is by wishing all of you a happy new year and a happy new decade! There's something overwhelming about the idea that we have a new blank slate to work …

Off to the races!

I'm going to try keeping this brief because I have a new game to return to. Today was racetrack day in Florida. The idea that we would be watching horse races was interesting for me to prepare for. It's been a long time since I've personally gone to any kind of races, and in the …

The Bachelor in Florida

Hey. Been a while, huh? I've been enjoying my "book writing sabbatical" perhaps a little too much. A lot of my novel has gotten done, but there have been plenty of things over the last month I easily could have blogged about. I was almost completely by myself for three weeks as Mom and Aly …

Sword and Shield news: Exclusive trainers and Gigantamaxing

I can't believe I'm going to break my self-imposed blogging restriction on account of Pokémon today and Fire Emblem tomorrow. Here I was ready to sleep through the morning, but no. Apparently I have a problem. Let's just jump in so that I don't spend a billion years writing this post — as I tend to …

The… Anti-Summer 2018 Initiative?

Greetings and salutations. As you may have noticed, things have been a little different around here recently. A little more barren. Don't worry, it's not a symptom of finally running out of ideas. I did that about a year ago and wrote about my pencil set. Nor is it some delusion that my Naruto-Arena post …

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 …

Commitment to unexpected storytelling

I was planning on writing a different blog post today, but this caught me so off-guard that I had to talk about it. Since the release of Super Smash Bros. Ultimate in December, I've become a fan of YouTuber Alpharad thanks to his Ultimate Level 9 CPU Tournament video. The premise was simple: Throw a bunch of …

My thoughts on Nintendo’s 2019 E3 Direct

I haven't paid a lot of attention to 2019's E3 outside of the surprise Keanu Reeves appearance, but today was Nintendo's time to shine. That's all the introduction you need. Here's the 40-minute video. Let's talk about it. Super Smash Bros. Ultimate Kicking off the Direct was a flashy cinematic of Ultimate's World of Light in …

The penultimate week

My apologies for the absence this last weekend, oh loyal viewers — wherever the five of you may be. I took a little time for myself following the Honors Conference (both my panel and a few friend's panels I attended on Saturday) to focus on the last few assignments I have to complete before the …

Putting the “Pro” in “gamer”

With Finals and graduation and all of that terrible real life stuff on the horizon, I'm staving off imminent insanity in the only way I know how: Video games. Specifically, finally trying out that brand new Nintendo Switch Pro Controller I got for my birthday. Two months ago. To be fair, I mostly haven't used it up …