Sonic Understanding the Music of Sonic the Hedgehog A retrospective on the music of Sonic, discussing the main series' evolution in sound, its impact, and its legacy.
Design Frame Transparency in Video Games - Easy to Learn, Difficult to Master | Design Frame #5 Design Frame #5: Transparency in Video Games
Metroid Metroid Prime Trilogy Retrospective Examining the Metroid Prime trilogy, its evolution, and everything in between.
Dissection The Lake Kingdom Dissection | Super Mario Odyssey Long-Form Critique Episode 4 We continue our journey with the Lake Kingdom -- home to Lake Lamode, Cheep Cheeps, Zippers, Lochladies, and 42 Moons.
LambHoot 💥👊😡 Violence in Video Games in 2019 😡👊💥 Virtual Reality though is changing what we think of as games. What are some of the ways VR effects us psychologically, physiologically and what larger social impacts may it have?
Portal Portal Retrospective Portal, as a series, has left an astounding impact on the world in many ways and is both a gateway into gaming and one of the most intelligent games that a player of
Critique A Critique of Luigi's Mansion 3 A Critique of Luigi's Mansion 3 breaks down the exploration, combat, and everything in-between.
Design Frame Fear - FAR: Lone Sails, Alan Wake, & The Beginner's Guide | Design Frame #4 This installment of Design Frame centers around the idea of Fear.FAR: Lone Sails tries to implement resource management without the management.Alan Wake's atmosphere was compromised.The Beginner's Guide plays with the
Super Monkey Ball A Second Chance - Super Monkey Ball: Banana Blitz Revisited While Banana Blitz is by no means a bad game, it’s a fundamentally flawed one that strayed too far from the series’ philosophy, and a simple remaster isn’t enough to change
Zelda Link's Awakening - An Allegory for Dreaming Examining Link's Awakening's design, message and remake in an effort to understand the impact it has left on the world.
Design Frame Overcooked 2 Undercooked, Dicey Dungeons & Monotony, & Sea of Solitude | Design Frame #3 Overcooked is fantastic. Overcooked 2 is half-fantastic and half-boring. Find out why!Does Dicey Dungeons mix up the Equipment and mechanics enough to persist at the level of Slay the Spire?Sea of
Last Life Podcast 6 - Everything is Broken DRAMA! INTENSITY! EMOTION! And most importantly... VIDEO GAMES. Â All of these things and more on the craaaaaaaaaazy new episode of the Last Life Podcast! Everyone go show Jared some love on Twitter. He's
Spyro Where Spyro 2 Went Wrong (and Right) Spyro 2 is a mess. But I was able to learn a lot about the series and discussion about art by creating this video.
A Nintendo Trinity Restrospective Part 1 - A Dated Charm | A Series Talk A brand new series of videos start today! An examination of the relationships between Mario, Zelda and Metroid over the years.
MML Better than Mario Kart A commentary on the arcade kart racing genre of video games, and how its less popular entries fix a number of the problems of Mario Kart, the clear dominator of the lot.
Zelda How Link to the Past Redefined Zelda A Link to the Past is often cited as the "definitive" Zelda. And while that is an easy conclusion to draw considering its place in the series, in this video I'll attempt to explain WHY the game has held up.
2019 Learning to Love Fire Emblem: Three House Detailing my first successful brush with the Fire Emblem series, and how it eased me into things much better than previous titles.
Last Life Podcast 5 - Trombone-like Chariot Rider invades the podcast to talk about roguelikes for a few hours. He also may or may not be MML's former music professor. Corvus investigates this mystery with them in the longest
Design Frame Pedro’s Slow Motion, the Crossroads Problem, & Dark Moon as a Sequel | Design Frame #2 My Friend Pedro's slow motion system is the main reason why the game is so dreadfully easy and boring.Introducing: the Crossroads Problem. Featuring Eagle Island and Hollow Knight.Luigi's Mansion: Dark Moon
Pikmin Pikmin Retrospective A look back at the Pikmin series, discussing how it portrays war and death, and how it redefines the RTS genre. No stone on PNF-404 will be left unturned. The only catch? I
Last Life Podcast 4 - E3... and Nothing Else Someone who went to E3 knocked on your door and introduced himself as KingK. What would you do?
Minecraft Understanding the Music of Minecraft In this video, I analyze Minecraft's soundtrack in an effort to understand why we connect with it so well.
Zelda Zelda 2: The Adventure of Link - A Love/Hate Relationship The "worst" Zelda game? Maybe, maybe not. But Zelda 2 had an important role in the series, and its potential shines through in most areas. Keyword being "most".
Design Frame Spyro's Multifaceted Gem, Sybil Reisz & Idolization, & Sonic & Generations | Design Frame #1 Spyro's Gem as a collectable and how a single collectable can carry and vary itself.Transistor's Sybil Reisz' idolization of Red and how Sybil's actions rippled throughout the game.Sonic's legacy is ... depressing.