I often feel as if video games double as a means to time travel. This is true of many things, like the hard strawberry candies that never fail to transport me back to my childhood, when my parents and I used to visit my great grandmother. Memories are a powerful thing that can make the…
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YouTube Highlights, Weekly Edition #74
Happy Friday, one and all, and thanks for coming back for our regular look back on our week on YouTube! This week we’re super excited to announce the start of an all-new Let Play of…wait for it…Donkey Kong Country Returns! Yes, The Duck of Indeed is back with everyone’s favorite Kong in this wonderfully fun…
Super Smash Bros. Ultimate Might Just Live Up to Its Name
I usually don’t let hype get the better of me when deciding whether or not I should buy a video game. Trailers are still fun to watch, and I often talk animatedly with my friends about this announcement or that reveal. However, I still like to think myself as a rational gaming consumer most of…
It’s Official…King. K Rool is in SSB!
I’ll admit that, in recent times, I haven’t really bothered to keep up with gaming news. Life’s taken up too much of my focus, plus I haven’t felt the need to spend a large quantity of cash on the Nintendo Switch when it only possesses one game I actually feel like playing (Super Mario Odyssey,…
Challenge Mode: The Test of Fear
Video games have certain moments that you could say I live for. Those Unforgettable moments. The moments when the music Resonates with you so well that it takes the game to the next level. And then there are those that remind us that video games can be more than just a fun romp through a…
There’s No Escaping the Backlog
It wasn’t too long ago that I used to be a different kind of gamer. The kind of gamer who spent every moment of free time they had on finishing their next game. The kind of gamer who would play games through multiple times, and then revisit them every year to relive the experience. I…
Mario, I Forgive You
My relationship with the Mario franchise has been a rocky one. Early games like Super Mario Bros 1-3, Super Mario World, and Super Mario 64 turned out to be some of the most troublesome games I’ve yet to own, with the latter two taking literally YEARS to beat, while the original trio has yet to…
The Duck’s Top 10 Video Game Songs
While we have discussed often songs that have resonated with us (and the Duck has frequently listed top 5’s and 10’s from various games over on my own blog), we have yet to compile a list of our top songs from video games in general. Today, I am going to right this wrong with a…
Resonance: Kushi’s Ride
This is not the first time we’ve written a Resonance post for Okami. Why, way back in 2013, I wrote about a rather interesting tune called Giant Monster in Wait. Three years later in 2016, Hatm0nster discussed Battle of Orochi II. There’s a good reason why Okami has gotten so much attention, for it is…
Nintendo Didn’t Bring Much to E3, But Was Still Impressive
I’ll be honest, with the Switch such a good state, I was expecting quite a lot from Nintendo at this year’s E3. I was expecting Metroid news. I was hoping for Animal Crossing news. I was sure that I was finally going to see more news about that new Yoshi game they’re working on. Alas,…
VIRTUAL BASTION 