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The 2024 Gameological Not Just Game of the Year Awards
In 2024, I found inspiration from a lot of sources outside video games.
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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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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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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…
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The 2020 Gameological Not Just Game of the Year Awards
Following up on the tradition we started last year, the Unofficial Gameological Discord group has put together another year end list! Looking back on the blog, I only published one post this year, so even though I played a whole lot of games this year, I’ll let that say all I have to say about…
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The Plate Has Collapsed
How Final Fantasy VII Helped Me Grieve This post contains some light spoilers for Final Fantasy VII Remake from Chapter 12 on. It was the end of May when I started this post, and the height of the COVID-19 pandemic in New York City. The streets were quiet, save for the passing of sirens at…