Monday, October 30, 2017

The Fall of Capcom

Capcom is one of those gaming companies we barely tolerate, much less respect. After the infuriating debacle that was Darkstalkers Resurrection, whatever respect I personally had for Capcom has flown out the window. With its continous abandonment of non-Street Fighter and Resident Evil franchises, Capcom has become nothing more than a shell of that gaming giant that was once known for being top quality gaming. This is the story of that special age.

Friday, October 27, 2017

Can any Pokemon Generation be considered the best?

Ask an old-school Pokemon fan which Genration was the best, and they'll say "the first." And of course they have every reason to think so, as the First Generation was the most culturally visible and relevant of ALL Pokemon generations, to the point they're the only Pokemon commonly known. But if we were to take a step back from the Nostalgia and the personal bias, could we honestly answer the question of which Generation was objectively the BEST?

Monday, October 9, 2017

My Love-Hate Relationship with MapleStory

There's no MMO I've quit and returned to more than MapleStory. Ah yes, that free-to-play game from South Korea has had its ups and downs, but in all honesty it's a game that's easy to love, easy to play, and easy to quit. I should know; I've quit that game twice a year for the last 7 years!

Thursday, October 5, 2017

Battleborn vs SMITE

League of Legends. Overwatch. These two games are not popular, they are gaming culture JUGGERNAUTS. Millions of cosplays, fanarts, fanfics made of both games, it is almost guaranteed that neither game is going to die anytime soon. On the other side of the spectrum, you have the laughing stock that is Battleborn, a game that MAYBE could have been great but got quickly HUMILIATED by Overwatch, to the point that its peak number of players is barely a tenth the average number of Overwatch players. And between those two extremes is SMITE, a mildly successful but otherwise irrelevant MOBA. What's the difference?