While my perfect vacation would normally be spent playing video games at home, many people say I need to get out of the house more. Well, I’d be more than happy to set foot in the great outdoors if I could visit some of the locations from my favorite video games. And so, to appease…
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Spooptober: Ni no Kuni’s Spoopiest Familiars
Seeing as Ni no Kuni is a colorful and child-friendly RPG, it makes sense that even the spookier elements aren’t going to be particularly scary. In a fashion quite similar to Pokemon, throughout the game, every normal enemy can potentially be captured and used to aid you in battle. Seeing as I’ve always been a…
Cheeky Charlatans: Swaine
I’ve actually written about Swaine before on my own blog, but when we decided on the topic of “playfully mischievous characters” for the month of April, I couldn’t help but revisit my favorite character from Ni no Kuni, the snarky thief Swaine. Funnily enough, my original feelings for Swaine were actually far from positive because,…
Ni no Kuni for the DS vs. PS3 – What’s the Difference?
As a big fan of Ni no Kuni: Wrath of the White Witch for the PS3, it was only a matter of time before I discovered that there was actually an earlier version of the game for the DS called Ni no Kuni: Dominion of the Dark Djinn. Unfortunately, this version of the game was…
Listmas 2020: The Duck’s Top 6 Favorite Bonus Content
With Christmas almost upon us, it might be nice to list some of our favorite gaming “gifts”, extra bonus content that the game developers didn’t have to include, but did anyway. From bonus worlds to cut content to a secret island, this post discusses the Duck’s personal favorite bonuses found in video games!
Listmas 2020: Top 5 Characters with Bad First Impressions
They say that “first impressions are everything”. And in the real world, that can often be the case. Because who wants to hang out with someone who acted like a huge creep the first time you met them? Well, video games are a bit different because you may be forced to see a character you…
Listmas 2020: The Duck’s Top 5 Comedic Moments
What better way to kick off Listmas in 2020 than with a chuckle? Yes, folks, it’s now the Duck’s turn to talk about my favorite funny gaming moments! So if you’re feeling down, surely one of these silly examples should succeed in making you smile.
And I’m Done with Ni no Kuni: A Response Post
It is always a shame when one of our favorite gaming franchises either dies or is reduced to a shadow of its former self. Not long ago, Hatm0nster published a post on how he was finally done with the Paper Mario franchise (as am I), due to the sad fact that the series has lost…
The Ni no Kuni Movie Suffers from the Same Problems as Revenant Kingdom
Many months ago, I wrote a post concerning the announcement of a Ni no Kuni movie. Originally, I thought the movie was only going to be released in Japan, but a few weeks ago, I learned that it was actually going to be available on Netflix! So now that I’ve seen the movie for myself,…
The Duck’s Top 10 Games of the Decade!
The last decade has seen the release of some pretty awesome games spanning indie titles, remakes of classic PS1 games, Nintendo’s comeback with the release of the Switch, and everything in between. It’s now the Duck’s turn to honor my top ten games of the decade (not including remakes because that doesn’t quite seem fair). …
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