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Persona 3: Reload and the Death of Anxiety
How Persona 3’s candid look at death helped me come to terms with my own anxiety and learn how to live.
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Advent Children is Iconic
This movie is…embarrassing. It’s the first thought that sprung to mind during the opening motorcycle chase scene of last night’s screening of Final Fantasy VII: Advent Children Complete. This admission wasn’t one of disappointment. It was the flat truth. This movie is a teenager’s perception of cool. The thing was, I abjectly didn’t care. I…
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An Examination of Final Fantasy VIII’s “The Extreme”
Hey did you know WordPress.com has a “reblog” function? Hell yeah let’s give it a try. I’m continuously impressed with VIII, even though I rank it amongst the bottom of my favorites for a variety of reasons. What I won’t give it flak for is feeling uninspired, sipid, or as some kind of outlier where…
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The 2023 Gameological Not Just Game of The Year Awards
Video Games: They’re good! As usual, I almost hardly ever play games released exclusively in 2023, so this list is a hodgepodge of my gaming journeys throughout the year. The Oddball Accolades Let’s kick things off with some not-so-straightforward awards. This category is designed to cram games I want to talk about but didn’t really…
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The 2022 Gameological Not Just Game of the Year Awards
You know the saying: another year, another batch of video games. As always, video games have become a refuge when the going gets tough. 2022 had a lot of challenges, but it had way more highlights. Chief among them was getting engaged to the best persona fuser on the planet! It was also the first…
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Game Dev Notes #4 – Tilevania
These are notes from the Complete C# Unity Game Developer 2D Udemy Course
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Game Dev Notes #3 – Quiz Game
These are notes from the Complete C# Unity Game Developer 2D Udemy Course UI Right click -> Create canvas Any element that shows up on the canvas needs to be a child of the Canvas. Canvases use Screen Space instead of game space. The camera takes care of world space, but screen space is something…
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Game Dev Notes #2 – Snowboarder
These are notes from the Complete C# Unity Game Developer 2D Udemy Course Profiles Unity comes with lots of existing packages that contain default profiles. We can override them by going to assets -> create -> 2D -> Sprite Shape Profile. Then we can click and drag onto the Profile section in the inspector. That…
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The 2021 Gameological Not Just Game of the Year Awards
You know the drill – another year goes by and the world seems…exactly the same as it did before. The only escape is video games. Lots and lots of video games. As per the Unofficial Gameological Discord Server, here are my picks for 2021’s Gameological Not Just Game of the Year Awards.
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So, You Like to Play Castlevania?
On retro gaming and save scumming. I had never played a Castlevania game before, so naturally I wanted to start at the beginning. I’m not like this with most series. Unless there’s a continuing story, a la Metal Gear Solid that I need to play all of the games to fully understand (“understand”), I usually…