First, I see FC as an open world sandbox for having fun and not some game with a deep sprawling story, I have my fair share of JRPG’s for that. I see the story campaign, characters as a premise/setting to give context to the actions we do in the game, that’s all.
I spent a while trying to figure out how to write about #MeToo, #TimesUp and how it correlates to the gaming community. There isn’t a delicate way to talk about it so I’m going to try my best with the hope of having a good discussion come from it. The #MeToo and #TimesUp movements are making its rounds in a lot of…
Have you played any of the Monster Hunter (MH) games? Unfortunately, I am a complete newbie to the Monster Hunter series, with MH World being my first game. I played the limited time beta on PS4, and the game seemed as a different one for me than anything I have played but at the same time, I couldn’t decide if I like…
I was reflecting on the games I played for 2017 and before I stalled out at the end, I managed to get through a lot! Most of the games I played I didn’t finish but since they are JRPGs and I played about 50+ hours in all of them, its almost like I finished right? Here are some that left an impression on me.
Recently I haven’t been gaming as much which is why I haven’t posted on TAY. However, despite my lack of gaming participation, my gaming habits have stayed on my mind. The thing that has kept nagging at me lately is the realization that multiplayer games may not be for me.
For much of my youth, and the youth of many of my peers, internet cafes were to us what the Parisian cafes were to the writers and artists of the early 20th century. Not that we were thinkers and visionaries, poets and activists, debating, discussing, formulating world changing ideas. No, we were like them in the…
It’s been a great year for gaming. In the past few months, great games were released one after another with games like Horizon Zero Dawn, Nier: Automata, The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild, and Resident Evil 7: Biohazard (or Biohazard 7: Resident Evil in Japan) garnering both critical and commercial success – and…
I’m an 80s child who was too young then to remember it.
Consider, at conventions—game, anime, or otherwise—the prevalence of the Nintendo 3DS, followed in a distant second place by the Playstation Vita. For the Nintendo Switch appears to be, in numerous ways, the descendant of both systems.
Grandgia: Super-Continent of Possibility! After millennia of countless wars, crumbling empires, and colossal catastrophes, the land of Grandgia has now entered an era of relative peace. Now -more than ever- is the perfect time for adventurers to set out and find the secrets and treasures that were lost to years of…
2016 is over and in the ashes comes a new year with new games and new goals to strive for. I know it’s cliche to do a New Year’s resolution, but I haven’t done one in years. Instead of doing a all-around normal resolution, I thought of composing one highly focused on gaming.
We have Thanksgiving that we spend with family, and some people celebrate a friends-giving with their closest friends. How about now we have TAYsgiving? Get together with all of your TAY brothers and sisters.
When the lights are dim and the trees near bare, When the gamer looks for a Halloween scare, Oft goes a game lesser known Than those that are more often shown. Hear the tale of a game with horror and action Based on a film based on a Disney attraction.
Whenever I sit down to play a competitive or challenging video game, something changes. I am not the person I usually am. I’ve shouted and cursed at the screen. I’ve thrown controllers across the room. I’ve paced around. That calm, thoughtful, laid-back demeanor everyone knows me by? It can quickly melt into pure…
I talk about Final Fantasy XV a lot. I am so ready for the game, like bursting at the seams. I haven’t felt this way, a mix of giddy glee and nervous anticipation, about a Final Fantasy since VII. It’s not hype, I won’t be boarding another train anytime soon, it’s something more. Square Enix is creating a universe…
Around the time I first got to TAY, I was fortunate enough to stumble across a great article written by Nyren about what video games meant to the gamer. Nyren discussed, and I’m paraphrasing, how morality and politics were diluting the game space because they were trying to force an agenda on developers that conflict…
So I’m going to take a minute to discuss the two concepts in the title. For those of you that made it in here I promise I am not trying to be click-baitey with the title but I have thoughts on these three concepts that I wanted to discuss with the community. In this I will try to discuss some of the good points and…
I was listening to one of my favorite podcasts when they were discussing the sales of I Am Setsuna. Apparently the game’s developer Tokyo RPG Factory lost millions on the game because it didn’t sell well in Japan. Now mind you, this number did not include the North American sales figures and, at this time, I’m unsure…
I was talking to a few of my friends in our Discord chat who happened to stream on Twitch. They were discussing how they are having issues getting new viewers and are unsure how to improve themselves as streamers. Full disclosure, I am not a streamer but I have lurked in enough live streams to eventually be recruited…
Finally! Square Enix reveals that the newest entry of Tomb Raider, a series I’ve loved for 18 years now, is making it over to the PS4. With excitement I watch a gameplay video of the new coop mode and all I can see is the player hunting down defenseless animals.
