Collin enjoys gaming, reading, and writing. He would love to tell you all about his two books, the crime thriller Lemon Sting, and the short horror story collection Silence Under Screams, but only if you find yourself unfortunate enough to be in a conversation with him. He lives in Massachusetts.
It’s no secret that the Final Fantasy franchise is the world’s premiere JRPG juggernaut. The mainline titles love to experiment with variations of the turn based or Active Time battling, and most of the spinoffs stick to this formula as well. Final Fantasy Tactics: War of the Lions might be a beloved SRPG, but it […] More
By the time 2009 rolled around, the Final Fantasy franchise was more than just a popular RPG series; it was a worldwide phenomenon. The PS1 era games brought a renewed interest to the series in the west, and with the success of its next-gen PS2 entries, it was clear that Final Fantasy was here to […] More
For those not in the know, the original Risk of Rain was a sleeper hit that blended elements of Metroidvanias with rogue-likes and cooperative action games. If I’m not mistaken, it started off as some kind of school project before launching into indie royalty thanks to good word of mouth. For me, it ranks high […] More
I’d like to start off this late-to-the-party celebration of Preacher’s 25th anniversary with a bit of background on my experience with comics books. I’ve always enjoyed them, but it wasn’t until about 3 or 4 years ago that I really started getting into collecting them. Back in high school I primarily read The Walking Dead, […] More
Author’s note: This article will be discussing full spoilers for the events of Final Fantasy VI. The author believes that this is a quintessential JRPG that should be played by any fan of the genre, and as such, would like to warn anybody who might be reading this that they should absolutely play the game before […] More
After the runaway success of Final Fantasy IV, Square decided to go back to the drawing board for the popular RPG’s fifth installment. By this point in the series, each main entry was well known for its own main gimmick. The first entry was a straightforward adventure where you choose your party of four, the […] More
Game development has come a long way during the art form’s life span. We’ve reached the point where games have little room for improvement from a visual standpoint thanks to huge leaps in rendering technology, and because of that, AAA games cost more than ever to develop. While the tech involved in such games is […] More
Final Fantasy II saw Square experiment with narrative and level-up mechanics within the confines of the RPG space to mixed results. That game had some nice ideas that weren’t executed in the best way, and that would continue on into the third main entry in their at-that-point massively popular role playing series. Rather than making […] More
Adapting anything from one entertainment medium to another is a tricky task, and it’s no secret that the history of video game adaptations from the console to the big or small screen has been… troubled, to say the least. More often than not, trying to adapt a video game into a show or movie ends […] More
The original Final Fantasy was a worldwide hit, in that it pretty much single handedly built Square as a monolithic company that was here to stay. How do you follow up a hit like that? In America, players had to wait several years for their version of Final Fantasy II, which was actually the much […] More
For those not in the know, Man Man is a band that used to be described by what I like to refer to as Anarcho Avant-Garde. As far as I know, I just made that up, but their early work is positively wild, with nonsensical titles like “Spider Cider,” “White Rice, Brown Heart,” “Tunneling Through […] More
Nintendo has always been a company that tries to think outside the box, for better and for worse. After the successes of their straightforward Gamecube and Gameboy Advance SP, they went in a bold new direction for both their next home console and their next handheld. The Nintendo Wii was an oddball, being the first […] More
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