Persona 4 music just gives me all of the emotion and “feels” that that game did. And that’s a lot.
Jacob’s Favorite Soundtrack: Alan Wake
Alan Wake is a very special game for me. I had just recently lost my grandma by the time I could get my hands on the game. We were very close and my very rational response to losing her was…
Jarrett’s Favorite Soundtrack: Final Fantasy: Mystic Quest
There are few elements to a game more important than the way it sounds. Even a game with very little story or very sparse gameplay usually has sound effects and a score. Completely silent games died with MUDs made in…
Zack’s Favorite Soundtrack: The Elder Scrolls: Skyrim
It grabs ahold of you in the heat of the moment. Hair along your spine sticks up, letting you know it’s fight or flight. Squeeze onto the controller like you’re hanging onto your life, but the racing pulse against your…
Resurgence of Non-Hand-Holdy: Alex Talks
So games are hard again, apparently. So, to give a little backstory, I’ve been sitting on this one for about a month or so. With all of the talk about DayZ and RUST on the podcast, I just felt like…
Fixing Gaming’s Blacklessness
I don’t have many vivid memories from my childhood. I don’t even have very many pictures from my youth. I recall it as a difficult time for me, as my family was larger than my mother’s income could sustain, at…
Aneudys Favorite Soundtrack: SSX On Tour
Fun Fact: The music you listen to in high school will be, more or less, the music you listen to for the rest of your life. This is due to the fact that it can be associated to some of…
Memoirs of a Deprived Xbox One
Seems like just yesterday Sony and Microsoft fanboys were at each other’s throats about which console was the best, not to say they aren’t still. Though I may not have made a scene in any comment threads, I was among…
Tiny Barbarian DX Review
StarQuail has created something that could be compared to gaming comfort food. The kind of food that you, a jaded 20-something far removed from child-like wonder and ignorance, can sink their teeth into and be instantly transported back to grandmas…
Jazzpunk Review
I find myself trapped. Everything around me is made of pizza. I have a pizza cutter in my left hand, and a spatula in my right. The screen says, “Use Left/Right Trigger to Dual Wield!” I have only one choice:…
Early Access Woes: Alex Talks
This time I may go off a little bit in this Early Access rendition of Alex Talks. First I will point out that the formatting of the intro as changed. I got the idea from A Conversation with Colin. It’s…