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On Wild Arms 2

One of the first games I finished all the way through was an RPG which wasn’t the most popular or even the most well-made. But, for many reasons, it always stuck with me. The underrated but still criticism-warranting (mainly because of its dated graphics and “meh” story angles at times) Wild Arms 2 has always been a […]

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Is GTA 3 Overrated?

As part of my look at video games of years past (yesterday, I spoke on San Andreas for DefineARevolution.com), I figured that, today, I’d look at the game which changed the GTA series from violent top-down shooter to a worldwide phenomenon. GTA III is one of the grandfathers of what we know as the open-world game. It’s not the […]

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Has The Weeknd Gone "Pop?"

Now, that’s what you call clickbait. In the past couple weeks, we’ve gotten two new Weeknd tracks. One, “The Hills,” is dark, haunting, atmospheric, drug-addled “fuck deez hoes” amazement. The accompanying video is a clusterbomb of imagery, fueled (no pun intended) by a car catching on fire and Weeknd walking away, all Sephiroth-into-the-fire style, but in […]

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300 Words or Less Review: Is Final Fantasy 7 Overrated?

Yep, we’re going here. 1997’s Final Fantasy VII is a record-breaker that people still want remade almost twenty years later. But, is it really a classic? I’m going to err on the site of overrated, but not in some (“hipster”) type of way. For starters, yes, it was the first Final Fantasy on PlayStation. However, it wasn’t the best FF on […]

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