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Kitana’s rich backstory should be easy to adapt to filmRecently, I started looking at the failures of movie-based films, and while it is far from a failure, there is one character that Mortal Kombat movies get wrong...

Coining the term “Player Friendly Design”A major reason for wanting to write “Game Design Deep Dive: F2P” was to explore the idea of video game ethics. There have been several attempts at trying to define an...

If you play Wordle, prepare to be bamboozled by five-letter wordsWordle seems to have gained some traction. It’s gotten a few spinoffs that focus on geography or increasing the stakes. I haven’t played them because...

Retro Review - Castlevania: Harmony of Dissonance on GBAA critical look at one of IGA’s beloved gamesCastlevania: Harmony of Dissonance was released for the Game Boy Advance in 2002. Developed and published by...

Don’t know where to start with the massive Itch Bundle for Ukraine? Here are 25 picks to get you startedSo, you’ve bought the Bundle for Ukraine on Itch — well done. It’s a great cause and a great bundle of...

Comparing the game to others in the legendary seriesNow, before starting, I think I need to clarify one thing. Even though opinions about better and worse are subjective, I don’t mean to say that I consider Fusion to...

It’s time to put your relationship to the testOne of the first things my boyfriend and I bonded over was our love of video games. We survived the dealbreaker question of which console is best — Xbox, of...

All hail Miriel, the turtle popeTo say that I’m currently enjoying Elden Ring would be a comical understatement. Whenever I’m not playing it, there’s an extremely high probability that I am thinking about it. Its...

Choose someone else’s adventureEven though I’m a vintage animation nerd, Tex Avery wasn’t high on my radar. I study Chuck Jones more often, for his dedication to the zany. Thus, it surprised me when Netflix put...

So. Much. Wordle.When writing the previous article, I didn’t expect to write a second part, much less this soon, but ports kept on coming and I missed a few ones that were already out as well, so I’ll be covering a...

A remake has long been rumored, but is there fire behind the smoke?Rumors of a remake for Resident Evil 4 (RE4) have made some noise for a while. The franchise has regained a lot of its strength in recent years, in...

When fandom, video games, and entitlement combineThis is a bit different from the kinds of posts I like to write about, but it’s something that has been in the back of my head for years now, especially after doing...

Come on the journey with usI recently announced our plan to leave Medium. Since publishing that story, I have been approached by multiple writers who are interested in continuing to work with us post-Medium. This story...

Come on the journey with usI recently announced our plan to leave Medium. Since publishing that story, I have been approached by multiple writers who are interested in continuing to work with us post-Medium. This story...

It’s our responsibility as gamers to call out sexual harassment in the industryThere has long been a perception that the gaming industry normalizes, and potentially encourages, sexual violence. While the consumer...

Necrosoft Games has contributed millions toward the crisis efforts in UkraineI began publishing games on Itch.io in February of 2017. It had only been a few months since I started making them in the first place. At the...

What if Kotaro Uchikoshi had written Pokemon Legends: Arceus?Imagine we are sitting in a cold freezer whose door has been frosted shut. As you slowly succumb to hypothermia beside me, I turn to face you, and a...

Confidence, flexibility, patience, focus, and observation will take you farOne of the worst things about competing is the feeling of losing your competitive edge. In other words, your best play can dissipate either...