AI 🐰🎊🎉FXII's Programmable AI Party🎉🎊🐰 Here we go back to an old format and breakdown how Final Fantasy XII's programmable ai party member gambit system works and its impact 13 years later. This one's pretty dry, but its
Zelda Phantom Hourglass and Spirit Tracks Retrospective Looking at two imperfect and divisive Zelda games to see what we can glean off of what they did right and wrong.
3D Platformer 3 - The Sand Kingdom Dissection | A Super Mario Odyssey Measured Analysis Welcome to the Super Mario Odyssey Full Analysis series; an exhaustive, detailed, complete dive into Super Mario Odyssey's design -- Moons, Captures, Level Design, Bosses, you name it!In this episode, we continue
Zelda Link's Crossbow Training | Liam Triforce Link's Crossbow Training sets a precedent for the under-utilized Wii Zapper, and also serves as a damn fine attempt at transitioning ideas from Twilight Princess into an entirely different genre.
Original VS Remake - Super Mario 64 - N64 VS DS There's a lot that can be said regarding the differences between Super Mario 64 and its DS remake.
Chance Time Mario Party 2 Retrospective | Chance Time In this second episode of Chance Time, we analyze the popular sequel to the divisive original.
3D Platformer Epic Mickey - Disney's Weird Immersive Sim Examining the Epic Mickey series: a strange mixture of immersive sim and 3D platformer. The original game is a curious piece of my childhood, and I've been eager to revisit it ever since
2019 The Trials and Tribulations of Video Game Remakes Highlighting the various ways video games are remade and how confusing the process can become.
Kingdom Hearts III Kingdom Hearts III and Fanservice There's a lot of arguing and complaining online about how Kingdom Hearts III isn't fun to play or doesn't fulfill expectations, so to keep the balance here's a video of me praising the game and how it incorporates fanservice into it's endgame content.
🌺🍇🍓Pikmin 3 Stresses Me🍓🍇🌺 Pikmin 3 stresses me fam. Here's a very personal read of the third game in the Pikmin series and how I think it fits in (and doesn't) with the others by evolving from
Kingdom Hearts Kingdom Hearts 358/2 Days Retrospective (Alternate title "The Art of Playing a Tragedy") Here's the game no one knows how to pronounce, and I really don't blame them to be honest.
horror Crafting Scares, Gameplay Loops, and Puzzle Agent To remember the work of those who were at Telltale Games, and to take a break from my usual format, today we're taking a look at one of the studio's lesser-known games, and how it had an impact on my interest in designing for horror.
pajama sam Pajama Sam: No need to hide when it's dark outside The first 1/3rd of an in-depth look at the classic point-&-click series of games, including some behind the scenes info from the dev team.
BOTW The Zora quest is the best and that sucks for the rest (BOTW) I had about 6 titles ready for this video but decided to go with the one I thought of while pressing upload.
GOTY The Only GOTY List That Matters 2018 Some pretty okay games came out in 2018, lets take a look at some of the best ones! As per usual, this is the old GOTY list that matters!
Level Design Shuttle Bay | Prey (2017) In this second video discussing Arkane's latest game, we take a look at Shuttle Bay, and contrast it with other maps to get a sense of the style of Prey's level design.
Mario and Luigi RPG Analysis Part 1 of 6 of my Mario and Luigi RPG analysis series. This first video is on Superstar Saga. If you enjoy it, be sure to check out the rest of the series and my other content as well!
Cuphead Cuphead and Rank Obsession Cuphead is addicting and challenging, but the reason behind that is completely personal, arbitrary, and petty. So of course, we're gonna spend 10 minutes talking about it.
Pac-Man Pac-Man World 2 & The High Score Pac-Man World 2 has a unique stance on 100% completion that hearkens back to the mentality of going for a high-score. And I adore that. But I also realized upon revisiting the game (for the millionth time) that it needs a ton of work.
Banjo-Kazooie Review and Analysis, Part 1 Part 1 of my review and in-depth analysis of Banjo-Kazooie for the Nintendo 64. Split into two parts to make it a little easier to digest.
3D Platformer 2 - The Cascade Kingdom Dissection | A Super Mario Odyssey Measured Analysis Welcome to the Super Mario Odyssey Full Analysis series; an exhaustive, detailed, complete dive into Super Mario Odyssey's design -- Moons, Captures, Level Design, Bosses, you name it!In this episode, we continue
3D Platformer 1 - The Cap Kingdom Dissection | A Super Mario Odyssey Measured Analysis Welcome to the Super Mario Odyssey Full Analysis series; an exhaustive, detailed, complete dive into Super Mario Odyssey's design -- Moons, Captures, Level Design, Bosses, you name it!In this episode, we begin
3D Platformer Power Moons as a Reward System | A Super Mario Odyssey Precursor Analysis Welcome to the Super Mario Odyssey Full Analysis series; an exhaustive, detailed, complete dive into Super Mario Odyssey's design -- Moons, Captures, Level Design, Bosses, you name it!In this Precursor Analysis, we
2D Platformer Celeste: The Chapter Expedition - A Cliff Notes Chapter by Chapter Analysis Celeste is an accessible (yet still difficult) 2D Platformer built on the idea of Generosity and Multiple Approaches. Join Corvus in his journey through Celeste's chapters as he picks apart its countless mechanics,