Ever since I can remember this number has had a special meaning to me, either because one is often asked to have answers for common questions like: "What's your favorite [insert something specific here]?". And to that end, I started lo...

Weird name, I know. Two of these games are very similar in nature and in aesthetics, even. Enter Specs Ops The Line to shape things up for being the only AAA title among them and yet, still sharing a vital semantic virtue as the previo...

It all has come down to this, me changing the name of my yearly awards while also adding three new categories and, sharing it outside my gaming circle to curious effects. To share one's love is something I learnt this past year, and la...

When a series gets too many sequels and spin-offs one can expect either greatness or failure out of the end result of each. Final Fantasy has been a staple in the JRPG genre for decades and to celebrate its 30th anniversary Square Eni...

Being a platformer fan since I gave the Super Mario games a chance, to be in the lookout for good old games within this genre can deliver some surprises. Such is the case with A Boy And His Blob. Now this game doesn't try to reinvent ...

The main focus of this medium has always been to entertain us players, and with the passing years it has also evolved into something greater that in some cases, within the whole video game spectrum, tackles real life without losing th...

Since we gamers got into this world we have met some really nice people who also share this hobby of ours. This is a story of how in 2016 a childhood friend came over to stay for a few days during easter. Such a story still brings a s...

Games played within a First Person view are these kind of games I need previous convincing for me to play them. When Dishonored was released back in 2012 I was curious as to why many saw it as great addition to both the action adventu...

There hasn’t been a game I have mentioned more than Persona 4, if I am honest. I talked about it twice as a student for some presentations, first in 2012 and then in 2015 and by that time, I had thought I wouldn’t be using ...

Having to share a room with your siblings has its issues, like when I wanted to play video games in peace as a kid. Such a situation bothered me for years, especially during my school ones as both my older brothers usually watched thes...

One of the things I like to do in my free time is to watch lists on the Internet about video games. Salt and Sanctuary came into my life last year in one of those without me paying attention to it much other that its title. However, t...

Today I took a walk Working as a home schooling teacher for over 6 years now, the distances I have had to travel from my place to those of my students vary from time to time. Though most of those locations are near, the walks tend to ...

Following Operation Rainfall success to bring three Wii japan exclusive games overseas, Pandora's Tower came out as the most rare of them all, which led it to be overshadowed by its older brothers as in some places this came out in 20...

As part of Operation Rainfall that took place during the last stages of the Nintendo Wii, Xenoblade Chronicles came out as the most famous and for some, the best of the other two selected games. "An open world game ala Final Fantasy X...

Expectation is this strange feeling that more often than not get us hyped for a certain thing we know will happen. Being that said, when those are turned around or messed with, we get pranked. April fools or not, joke or not, this kind...

Last year these blog series suddenly died after some personal things I had to go through, and when I remember about it, it was time for some other blogs. This year, however, that is something I don't want to see happening. 2021 is goin...

The pandemic has been something that no one has been able to escape from. Most of us got hit with a myriad of realizations we needed in our lives. I decided to trust in a community once again after not being able to fit in anywhere nor...

The sense of accomplishment is something that goes hand in hand with our IDs as each has its own. Having said that, these times we have been pouring our hearts and souls to make it out once it is all over kinda backports our life spans...

Following this month's prompt for band of bloggers focused on mystery, I quickly checked my game list to remember five games that had me putting the pieces together, looking for guides over the Internet not to mess it up, and ultimatel...

"It's dangerous to go alone"We were told back in 1986Many tales have been toldWe have since developed various tricks. "I am error"Was that a mistake?In the end it worked in its favorLeaving a meme in its wake. "Hey, Listen"Bothered ...

Just as with any other medium, video games have these characters who we control and are categorized as the heroes or protagonists. However, their journey is not always the same without those sidekicks that come along the way. As there ...

As an award enthusiast myself, reading lists where tops are listed is something I always enjoy. Most of the time, awards give nominees and then the winners without any previous order breakdown or whatever. Granted, most people are ok w...

Over the course of my life I have always wandered about how people got to where they are now. Truth is we all had some kind of help along the way, and for my gaming life I had the assistance of two people who aren't into gaming right ...

Another year, and this backlog doesn't seem to finish. 2020 sure meant a lot of changes and difficulties for many, and while some found peace of mind and distraction in TV Shows, movies, or any other medium, we over here did that and o...

With only two blogs away to finish this year which marked my comeback to blogging, I am introducing this new blog series entitled: Blog Backlog. As the title implies these ones will be about ideas I have always had but couldn't post ea...

7 years ago, my by then girlfriend and I decided to buy ourselves a console to play a lot of games on. It was 2013, yeah, but all the rage was on 7th gen consoles as prices were low due to the upcoming next gen. Once we bought it, a pl...

Following the blogging tendencies I adopted around 2015 or so blog sequels are bound to happen more often for two reasons. First, ideas keep reaching my mind and if I don't write them down I may not write them later like I originally w...

Gaming, like any other medium has these products that are released once in a lifetime and that by one reason or another are not completely understood at first glance. This was my case with God Hand when I first played it years ago. As...

Looking back at my gaming posts on social media, today marks three years since I beat Persona 5. Such an occasion prompted me to share here my review of this game that has aged well since its inception. In an era where turn-based RPGs...

Ever since I have been playing through The Legend of Zelda games playing the two games that started it all was a task I had been postponing for years. Last year I played The Legend of Zelda and that game immediately became a favorite ...