Video games
Miscellaneous non-review video game content.
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How Tales of Symphonia helped shape my worldview, Pt. 2
A continued look into how my favorite video game from my childhood greatly shaped my worldview and made me the person I became.
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How Tales of Symphonia helped shape my worldview, Pt. 1
In many ways my favorite video game of all-time, the 2004 JRPG included many deeply political themes in what first seemed like a run-of-the-mill adventure.
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Smash Masters stats: Tracking our Week 1 performance across all 5 Smash Bros. games
After starting a weekly match where my wife and I play each other for five matches in all five Super Smash Bros. games, we’ve begun to record and keep track of how we did.
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My wife and I are going to start tracking our Super Smash Bros. stats. Here’s how
Amid a phase of playing all five console games in the Super Smash Bros. series, my wife and I are going to start tracking our stats in the most detailed way possible.
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Retro rewind: Ranking official GameCube controllers
Still remaining my favorite controller for any video game console, here’s a look at which colors look the cleanest.
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Is nostalgia too prominent in today’s media landscape?
In an era of seemingly endless choice when it comes to media consumption, it’s quite clear that there’s an insatiable appetite for nostalgia.
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Super Smash Bros. Melee casual/competitive tier list: High tiers
In the final part of my tier list, I take a look at the eight characters who are definitively viable on a competitive level, while also offering a great place to start for new players.
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Super Smash Bros. Melee casual/competitive tier list: Mid tiers
After looking at the low-tier characters of the game, here’s a look at characters casual and competitive players alike can get some mileage out of.
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Super Smash Bros. Melee casual/competitive tier list: Low tiers
As the game stretches into its 25th year since its release, here’s my look at how I’d rank the characters as a player on the line between casual and competitive.
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As Nintendo franchises migrate to Switch 2, Super Smash Bros. should stay behind
With installments spanning every home console from the Nintendo 64 to the Switch, it feels like not much more can be done with the Super Smash Bros. series.