I've always been facinated with games within games. I always like knowing what a character in the videogame would play themselves. I've choosen Persona 1 because it was a game that got me thinking about this stuff in the frist place...

Game: Devil Summoner: Raidou Kuzunoha Vs The Soulless Army AKA: Devil Summoner, Debi Sama, Raidou, Platform: PlayStation 2 Platform played on: PlayStation 2 Slimline Mission for play-through: Do a “perfect play through” fi...

  Generation IVmonths : July - AugustDiamond, Platinum, and Heart Gold I don't remember much of the build up to gen IV. I think I really liked Lucario's design. I remember watching the Pokemon movie he was in and liking him. I was...

My favorite trope of world building is by far Older is Better. I love exploring ancient ruins and finding log buried technology. One of my favorite examples of this is the time spanning epic Chrono Trigger. In Chrono Trigger there are...

Game: Shin Megami Tensei Persona AKA: Persona, Persona 1, SMT Persona Platform: Play Station Portable platform used: PSP 2000 Mission: unlock all movies, obtain secret Persona Vishnu Requirements: play through multiple branching rout...

I am a pretty big fan of Pokemon as you can tell from my retrospective. When Pokemon Go was announced I was skeptical. I was going to check it out but I wasn't expecting much. I played a few mobile games some good some bad, most I jus...

It's that time of year again, Electronic Entertainment Expo. The big three had their presentations games were revealed. People are excited, money was spent. lets break it down: Microsoft games revealed: nothing I care to play Hardware...

Generation 3 Ruby, and Fire Red   By the time generation 3 rolled around I had a subscription to Nintendo Power. In these magazines, I got early screen-shots and promo info for Pokemon Ruby and Sapphire. I bought a Game boy Advan...

Classes in games are helpful to defined who you are and what your role is. What you lose in flexibility you gain in defined roles. Everybody had a different way of picking their characters. Here are how I picked some of my favorites, ...

  Generation 2 I remember the Hype for generation two very vividly. The kids at my school always wanted to have the latest info. The biggest liar at the school talked about Pokemon with more then two types, at first this seems re...

Generation 1 Months: January - February Games: Red, Yellow Oh man, the originals that started it all. Pokemon Red and Green Blue. I first found out about Pokemon from an “Introducing Pokemon” promo VHS sent to me by my loc...

The game that holds to fondest memories for me is Mega Man Battle Network. I don't know what it was about that series, maybe it was the character designs maybe it was the combat system, or maybe it was the charters. It must have start...

I am broke. I have always been broke and I will always be broke. Brokeassitude for me is a state of mind. I hate spending money. But I have a problem. I have an expensive hobby, Videogames. So how have I rationalized buying these expe...

when I really love a series and a new game is announced I play through the rest of the games as a kind of set up for the new game. Recently 4 persona games were announced: Persona 4 Arena Ultimax, Persona Q: Shadow of the labyrinth, P...

Gaming is unique as a hobby, as it follows rules, but lets us experience another's story at our own pace and even, in some games, effect the outcome of the progression and story. From its inception, we were able to effect how the story pr...

Have you ever thought of how you play video games? I probably play differently than you do. Here is how I know: I LIKED Duke Nukem Forever. I also liked Medabots: Metabee, Persona 3 Portable, and Persona 4 Arena. Now that the people who...

This is the story about how Darksiders II broke my PS3. I first heard about Darksiders when I was working at an EB games. We had just finished the Christmas rush and this curious title was coming out AFTER Christmas. I thought it was stran...

I love Pokemon games, ever since I received a mysterious tape in the mail telling me that Pokemon would soon be descending on our lands. One day I borrowed Pokemon for about an hour from a friend and loved it. I soon got the game myse...