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Tag: Video Games

  • Video Games

The Problem with Carte Blanche

  • by Y. Balloo
  • Posted on September 13, 2019

Kojima is a genius madman of an video game auteur, and we are finally gifted after a 3 year wait with details most directors would have released, well, 3 years ago.

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  • Video Games

Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice – Spoiler Free First Impressions

  • by Y. Balloo
  • Posted on March 25, 2019March 25, 2019

If you’re on the fence about this one, get off that fence and get on the sticks. It’s another From Software masterpiece.

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  • Video Games

Why I’m Excited for Sekiro – Challenging vs. Stressful

  • by Y. Balloo
  • Posted on March 16, 2019

The Tyrant? It’s a colossal stress monster.

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  • Essay

Kingdom Hearts III Review – When the Narrative Loses its Heart

  • by Y. Balloo
  • Posted on February 5, 2019February 23, 2019

This installment is so bogged down and overburdened with its own mythology that it’s lost its heart.

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  • On Writing

Mon Men – Available Now

  • by Y. Balloo
  • Posted on January 2, 2019February 18, 2019

Available today on iTunes  the first episode of a podcast project I’m undertaking with a…

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  • Essay

The Video Game of the Year as Chosen by my Dog, Cordy

  • by Y. Balloo
  • Posted on December 3, 2018December 3, 2018

Cordy has appeared here and there on this blog before, she’s an incomparably sweet english…

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  • Essay

Red Dead Redemption 2 – First Impressions

  • by Y. Balloo
  • Posted on November 4, 2018November 4, 2018

I don’t need another chore added to my day- even if that additional chore has horses so realistically rendered that their “bits” shrink in cold weather.

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  • Essay

Spider-Man and the Man I am

  • by Y. Balloo
  • Posted on September 17, 2018September 17, 2018

Peter Parker has personal challenges, struggles, and problems we all know too well, but he never relents in doing what he knows is right to a degree we all want to believe we are ourselves capable.

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  • Essay

The Buried Narrative – Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild v. Bloodborne

  • by Y. Balloo
  • Posted on January 11, 2018March 18, 2019

Taking a look at how the “medium is the message,” by way of a story telling method that is completely unique to video games.

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