"What motivates you as a gamer?" - Several weeks ago Angie at Backlog Crusader posted her results of the Gamer Motivation Profile by the research company Quantic Foundry, almost being a "personality quiz" for gamers. This ties into a question I have asked myself at various times - "why do I play games?". Being fully … Continue reading Quantic Foundry Gamer Motivation Profile
Sega released the Dreamcast on September 9, 1999 at the end of an enormous marketing campaign. The Dreamcast was the most technologically-advanced console released at the time, being met with much praise and was looking to be the triumphant return that Sega was hoping for. This momentum would not last however, as the Dreamcast would … Continue reading Sega’s Dreamcast – 20 Years Later
Earlier this evening at 5pm(CST) Nintendo broadcast another of its Direct presentations. Speculation about a September Nintendo Direct had been circling around social media for a few weeks before it was announced that a 40-minute Direct presentation was indeed happening, this brought upon a wave of speculation(with a dash of skepticism). It had been announced … Continue reading Thoughts on 9/4 Nintendo Direct
It was 30 years ago today, Sega released their 16-bit follow up to the Sega Master System - the Sega Genesis(or Mega Drive outside North America). For this occasion, I have made a list of my 11 favorite Genesis games. Sega's foray into the video game home console market began with the SG-1000 which was … Continue reading Favorite Sega Genesis Games
Yesterday, I finally completed my quest to play through Breath of the Wild, completing every shrine and finding every. single. Korok seed along the way. I just happened to sit down to play some Switch and felt like playing Breath of the Wild. I had been meaning to play the game some more as, there … Continue reading My Hylian Summer Vacation
Today, I thought it would be fun to share some of my created courses on Super Mario Maker 2( The tutorials insisting they be called "courses" and not "levels" ). Mario Maker 2 has been out for a month now and was one of this summer's Nintendo games I was looking forward to as I … Continue reading My Mario Maker 2 Courses
I don't usually get a chance to write any new posts during the week, but had a few thoughts about Nintendo's announcement and figured I could stand to "Switch" things up a bit...<crickets chirping>...anywho...Today Nintendo confirmed the rumors circulating that they had been working on a newer model of their mega-successful hybrid console by announcing … Continue reading Nintendo Flips The Switch Lite
I'm going to start off by apologizing for not having a blog post ready for this past weekend, my brother was in town for the week and I didn't have much time to sit at my computer and write anything out. I had an enjoyable week playing games and visiting our local used game store … Continue reading My Summertime Games
The video gaming spectacle known as the Electronic Entertainment Expo, or E3 is currently underway in Los Angeles, CA running from June 11-13. During this time game publishers, developers, media and gaming community in general gather to the Los Angeles Convention center to either showcase or experience the latest and greatest(hopefully) the industry has to … Continue reading Five Games I’m Most Excited About From E3 2019
Right around this time every year, leading up to E3 in June there is endless speculation regarding what games will be announced for Sony, Microsoft, and Nintendo. This includes brand new series, sequels, along with remastered collections/ports. I thought it would be fun to make a list of the 3 games highest on my wish … Continue reading My Nintendo Switch Wish List
