In November 2006, 12 years ago, I bought my last console - a Nintendo Wii. I played it a lot for the first year or so, then quickly returned to playing games on my PC. The prices and options on PC just had it beat completely and I realized that, after playing consoles since I was 5, starting with an NES, I had no real…
Final Fantasy VII (abbreviated as FFVII) was released in 1997. At the time I was 13 years old and I was just beginning to develop my sense of identity and place in the world. FFVII was a profound moment in gaming; it’s credited as making the Playstation successful, popularizing RPGs, revolutionizing video game…
There have been many articles about Octopath Traveler and now, 16 hours into the game, I am selling my copy and I think no review has been as accurate and honest as Kotaku’s. I wrote my review with the following questions in mind: why do so few games have non-stellar reviews? now that video games are mainstream, when…
Heroes of Might and Magic 3 (referred to colloquially as Heroes 3) released in 1999 following two entries I played obsessively alongside early PC classics such as Civilization, Warcraft, and Diablo. Developed by 3DO, the Heroes series brilliantly combined turn based strategy and resource management with awesome…