The Mind of Game

“Jason…” Jessica started, an abundance of caution making her choose her words extra carefully. Like she thought some kind of monster was lying dormant inside of me. “I know how you feel.” I huffed and took a sip of my coffee. “I’m serious!” she suddenly erupted. “You keep forgetting that I lost my mom and […]

As I was taking my shower one evening, my thoughts drifted to the film Captain America: Civil War, and its fantastic airport battle scene. But my attention went to one moment in particular, namely when Bucky and T’Challa were locked in conflict during the airport battle. Bucky says to T’Challa: “I didn’t kill your father!”, […]

One of the Most Underrated Portable Gaming Systems: A cheap, used Android phone and a Razer Kishi game controller. For the past few weeks, I’ve been using the combination of a cheap used Android phone (An LG V40 I found on eBay for about $140) and a Razer Kishi mobile game controller which ran me […]

Writing advice, like a lot of things, namely philosophical queries, story ideas, revelations on how I should tackle that next scene, ideas to flesh out my work, brief snippets of poems, you name it, all these things come to me in the shower. Here’s one of my most recent (hopefully) profound shower thoughts. Write the […]

I wish people actually knew what the hell you were talking about so you’d stop spreading this vaccine misinformation. Unfortunately, as of this writing, I’m one of the people who has to rely on herd immunity because I (currently) can’t be vaccinated against COVID-19. Why? Well, I happen to be one of the exceedingly rare […]

Her lungs burned with each breath. Her heart wouldn’t stop pounding in her chest. Her fists ached; her muscles cried out from exhaustion. But still she stood. The last line of defense against the innumerable horde. Her eyes blazed with passion and life. If this were her time, she would die fighting, desperately beating back […]

So, as many of us have heard, Nipsey Hussle was shot to death yesterday in Los Angeles, in front of a storefront he’d opened. I’ve been trying to reconcile how I feel about it. I’m not a super empathetic person by default so I generally don’t feel much when I read about yet another celebrity […]

The new catching mechanics are lifted wholesale from Pokémon Go. Gone is the traditional way of catching Pokémon, whittling down its health and afflicting it with status ailments to increase your chances of a successful catch. Instead, you’re presented with a system that incorporates manual aiming and a continuously shrinking green, yellow, orange or red ring, indicating […]

20 years. It’s been 20 years since the very first Pokémon games – Pokémon Red and Blue – were released in the United States and sparked a revolution that still resonates to this day. 20 years later, Pikachu remains one of the most immediately recognizable and iconic mascots in all of gaming, right up there with his stablemate, Mario. […]

The opening sequence of Pokémon Ultra Sun is so…frustrating. It’s been a long time since I’ve played a game that’s so mind-numbingly, frustratingly linear as the opening to Pokémon Ultra Sun. This sequence flat out refused to let me explore and seemed practically allergic to allowing gameplay to happen organically. And it’s not that the game penalizes you for stepping […]

The opening sequence of Pokémon Ultra Sun is so…frustrating. It’s been a long time since I’ve played a game that’s so mind-numbingly, frustratingly linear as the opening to Pokémon Ultra Sun. This sequence flat out refused to let me explore and seemed practically allergic to allowing gameplay to happen organically. And it’s not that the […]

The story of Crackdown 3 takes place several years after the events of Crackdown 2, with the ever-present (and secretly evil) paramilitary organization called The Agency, dispatching a crew of its super-powered agents to the island city of New Providence to deal with Terra Nova, a massive multi-national corporation run by Elizabeth Niemand that has been covertly causing […]

The story of Crackdown 3 takes place several years after the events of Crackdown 2, with the ever-present (and secretly evil) paramilitary organization called The Agency, dispatching a crew of its super-powered agents to the island city of New Providence to deal with Terra Nova, a massive multi-national corporation run by Elizabeth Niemand that has […]

I didn’t sleep well a couple nights ago. Hell, I’d be surprised if I slept more than an hour or two. I went to bed before the election was called, all but certain of how it would end up.  I put my phone on Do Not Disturb and rested it in its cradle as I […]

I didn’t sleep well a couple nights ago. Hell, I’d be surprised if I slept more than an hour or two. I went to bed before the election was called, all but certain of how it would end up.  I put my phone on Do Not Disturb and rested it in its cradle as I […]

I feel compelled to write something about the…erm…stand Colin Kaepernick took recently by sitting out the national anthem prior to a game. I’ve already shared the image above on social media showing my support for his actions and now I’ll go further and explain why. If you don’t support what he did, that’s fine, you […]

I feel compelled to write something about the…erm…stand Colin Kaepernick took recently by sitting out the national anthem prior to a game. I’ve already shared the image above on social media showing my support for his actions and now I’ll go further and explain why. If you don’t support what he did, that’s fine, you […]

So a few months ago, I decided I wanted a supplement to my desktop that I could travel with and hopefully get some more writing done on. Being a Windows user and a big gadget nerd, I settled on two principal options before deciding on Microsoft’s entry-level Surface Pro 4. So, why did I buy […]

So, I’ve been posting a bunch of really depressing, morose status updates to Facebook, centering around my battle with crippling depression that has gotten exponentially worse in the past few months and I’m finally ready to talk about what exactly I’ve been dealing with that has caused me to sink so deep into this pit […]

One of the most memorable moments from 2013’s E3 press conferences, at least for me, was the unveiling of Riley the dog, being played by an actual, mocapped dog in the upcoming Call of Duty: Ghosts. Based solely on that video, I wanted to like Call of Duty: Ghosts. I love dogs and the sight […]