Metroid II has aged so much better than I was led to believe
Everyone who has ever told me this game was too old and clunky is wrong. Metroid II rocks.
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In defense of NES Metroid
Why the existence of a well-liked remake doesn't mean the 1986 original is a waste of your time (even when it does kind of enjoy wasting your time).
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Final Fantasy VII Rebirth review: A disappointing journey through a world of tourist traps
How my most anticipated game of 2024 ended up being kind of a slog that failed to capture what I love about the original Final Fantasy VII.
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Thoughts on Scott Pilgrim EX
My review of the flawed but intriguingly different followup to the 2010 cult classic, which has a lot to love if you approach it with an open mind. Come listen to me gush about its pixel art and soundtrack!
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Metroid Prime 4 is pretty good
Clearly the result of development hell, but it's not that bad of a game. It's fine.
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Is redemption possible for Hazbin Hotel? Season 2 (and Helluva Boss) review
I've returned to Hazbin Hotel for a followup review! Season 2 is a marked improvement in many ways, but is it enough to outweigh the show's continued issues with its tone, themes, and politics?
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Sonic Racing: CrossWorlds review - It's great, but...
After a few weeks of playing, it's clear that this is the best Sonic racing game ever... but when it's so close to perfection, it makes the few aspects that are lacking only stand out to me.
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UFO 50: My 14 favorite games within my favorite game of 2024
Learn about my favorite games in this massive anthology, some of which have forever changed how I engage with retro games.
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Why Mega Man 8 is actually one of the best Mega Men
Yes, the one with jump jump slide slide. I'm serious.
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Reviewing and ranking every Star Trek movie
The TOS movies, the TNG movies, the "Kelvin Timeline" movies, and, yes, even the dreadful new Section 31. My ranking of that last one will shock you. (It won't.)
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Thoughts on Sonic 3!
My full thoughts on Sonic 3, a fun popcorn flick with a lot of Sonic Adventure 2 fanservice that's also still very much The Third Paramount Sonic Movie, for good and for ill.
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Cool comics I've been reading, September 2024
Yes, this is primarily an excuse for me to gush about Daniel Warren Johnson's Transformers and Ryan North's Fantastic Four.
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Berserk Boy review: Hey, wait a minute...
A decent sidescroller that drove me a little crazy and made me consider where the line between loving homage and shameless copy lies.
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A tale of three Triguns
Comparing and contrasting the ways the three versions of the series portray Vash as a character, with both anime adaptations taking the source material in very different directions.
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Knuckles show review - I derive a sort of sick pleasure from this
When judged purely in terms of its faithfulness as an adaptation of the Sonic games, this is quite possibly the franchise's worst adaptation ever. It's often barely even about Knuckles.
...So then why do I kinda like it?
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My own personal Hell: Thoughts on Hazbin Hotel
Some thoughts on why I didn't particularly enjoy a certain cartoon set in Hell. Just a few.
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Sonic Prime: Season 3 - This show sucks (Plus: The canonicity discourse)
This last batch of episodes has left me feeling disappointed with the show as a whole, though maybe not for the exact same reasons the fandom focused on.
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Sony’s PlayStation 5 Presents Insomniac’s Marvel’s Spider-Man 2 (the third game in the series)
This is mostly me nitpicking the writing, if I'm being honest.
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Sonic Superstars review - Preddy good
I liked it! Well, except for the parts that I didn't.
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