Warning: Massive Spoilers Ahead “So, what do you think you’ll do? How are you going to spend your life?” “I’m not sure,” responds Joe (the main character), “but I do know I’m going to live every minute of it.” The last few lines of Soul, Pixar’s newest animated film, have…

If Animal Crossing and I had a relationship status, it would definitely be “it’s complicated.” While I enjoyed the first game in the series, I eventually lost interest and didn’t play another title in the series until New Leaf released. Upon playing New Leaf, I found myself frustrated and bored…

“Ur trash” “Uninstall the game” “Trash teamm8” Within an hour of playing Rocket League last week, I had received at least a dozen messages like this in the team chat. At first, I shrugged it off, but by the third abusive teammate, my mood started to sour. This harassment reached…

As I celebrated the 4th of July like many Americans, I took a moment from devouring hamburgers and hot dogs to think of the video games that have best portrayed the old U.S. of A. To my surprise, Fallout 3 quickly came to mind. …

When I started playing Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild, I thought it could be my favorite game of all time. It had everything that I wanted from a video game: an engaging open world, a beautiful art style, and creative game mechanics. I had very few complaints for…

Since the announcement of Metroid Prime 4, I felt compelled to discuss my favorite video game of all time, Metroid Prime. Superior game design, amazing music, an interesting backstory, and remarkable details all are worth mentioning, and I could honestly spend an entire article writing about each one of these…

The Grand Theft Auto series, infamous for controversial subject matter and open-world activities such as running over pedestrians and beating up strippers, enticed me for entirely different reasons. Upon playing GTA IV, I found myself hooked on the strong narrative and interesting characters, but a few troubling gameplay mechanics (awkward…

The first week of fatherhood felt like a war that I was losing. Every single facet of my life from sleeping to eating to going the bathroom revolved around my new son, and free time was a thing of the past. Being a person with many, many hobbies, the lack…

There’s a perennial question that every console gamer faces at one point or another: when is the right time to upgrade? For the current console generation, I purchased a Playstation 4 in order to play Infamous: Second Son, a game that I was hoping would sell me on the new…