Released back in 2003 for the Game Boy Advance, Harvest Moon: Friends of Mineral Town became one of the most beloved games in the franchise. It’s no surprise that this is the game that most Harvest Moon fans look back on fondly. As with many remakes in the past, Friends of Mineral Town has of course been reworked from the ground up; Characters were redesigned, game play has been improved, and the game is in 3D instead of 2D. These changes give this game a modern feel that will draw in new players to the series while bringing back many of the older fans of the series with a bit of nostalgia in the first Story of Seasons game on the Switch.
Video Game Review: Age of Empires III
A classic RTS game, released in 2005, the last game in its series. The game was set in the early days of the New World being discovered. 2 secret orders, The Knights of Saint John and the Circle of Ossus, competed for control over the America’s.
Queer Tabletops: Self-Discovery through Role-Play
If you’re a Queer person reading this, chances are you have been “in the closet” by some measure, though that reductive narrative is limiting. A majority of us express how our time before we discover our true selves is spent feeling trapped playing a role we want desperately to escape. It becomes a prison sentence of isolation as we dissociate from some performative mask that we feel obligated to wear,, often overcompensating, for the identities we keep hidden.
Video Game Review: Persona 5 Royal
Persona 5 released back in September of 2016 for the PlayStation 3 and PlayStation 4 and being a mainline game it added in a lot of new changes to the series that not only made older fans of the series cry tears of joy; it also brought in new fans to the series and sparked even more interest in a series. As Persona 4 had an enhanced port in the form of Persona 4 Golden, Persona 5 received this treatment on March 2020 with Persona 5 Royal. Adding in new elements to both game play and story line breaths new life to this game. I will try keeping the spoilers to a minimum.
Best Games for Staying Sane in this Pandemic Quarantine
(As picked by yours truly, of course!)
The global crisis we’re facing due to COVID-19 the past several months has been a true test for even the most extreme introverts. For extroverts, its been absolute torment. The memes floating around about how gamers have been prepared for such things are funny because of just how painfully true they are. No matter what side you fall on, it’s safe to say that the need for entertainment has proven to be important now more than ever. Entertainment means different things for everyone, but the ever-attentive market has responded in kind with various answers. Here are my best games for this pandemic, especially if you’re in quarantine or isolation.