Zelda The Courageous Heart Of The Wind Waker This is a retrospective on The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker - my favorite game of all time.
Paper Mario for N64 Analysis | A Series Talk Part 1 Taking a deep dive into the world of Paper Mario! This is part 1 of my analysis series on the Paper Mario games.
Resident Evil The Frightening New Era of Resident Evil We need to be careful, Jill. Every resident in this house is evil. This is an analysis of Resident Evil 7 and Village, from the perspective of a concerned parent. Much like Ethan
Doom Doom Retrospective Doom gave players the tools to weaponize its namesake. Here's how they managed to do it for almost 30 years.
Donkey Kong 64 Review & Analysis An in-depth analysis of Donkey Kong 64 for the Nintendo 64. It's finally here. Performing for you. If you know the words, I guess you can watch something else, because you already know what I'm going to say.
bogdanoff The Bogdanoffs: The Trolls who shook Physics It began as a forum post, but it quickly snowballed into a national new story. This is BOG.TXT.
Tony Hawk's Pro Skater Tony Hawk's Pro Skater Retrospective Tony Hawk's Pro Skater did a lot for skateboarding and game design, and the franchise was once highly regarded. This video analyzes the series' impact, fall from grace, and everything in between.
Zelda Zelda: Oracle of Seasons/Ages - A Leap of Faith In the past, I've discussed how trading quests and seeking out information can shape areas in a Zelda game. For Oracle of Seasons and Oracle of Ages, Hidemaro Fujibayashi and his team chose
VR 🏎️🧱🥽 Learning Skills in VR 🥽🧱🏎️ Virtual Reality, an immersive technology most often associated with gaming, is also finding use in the training and learning industries. If simulated with enough realism, people’s skills can be transported from the real world to the virtual and vice versa.
Video Game Music Understanding the Music of Donkey Kong Country Discussing the impact the music of Donkey Kong Country has had on the series, and ourselves.
MML Spongebob Squarepants and the Target Audience A commentary on Spongebob Squarepants, one of the most highly-acclaimed children's cartoons of all time; and what it even means to be a "children's" cartoon in the first place. Was Spongebob successful because
Half-Life Understanding the Music of Half-Life Discussing the music of Half-Life, and what the silence in-between songs did for the series, and us.
GOTY Top 10 Games of 2020 🎉🔥✨ In a year we'd all certainly like to forget, these games haven't let me. Join me as we list off and reminisce about the Top 10 Games of 2020 and how each one fit within the context of the year.
Zelda The Bittersweet Comfort of Majora's Mask After busting through the inaccessibility of a first playthrough, Majora's Mask is an endlessly rewarding video game that made me comfortable with finality.
hendrik schon How to lose a Ph.D in 127 pages It's May 2002, and Bell Labs is being asked why one of their researchers was caught duplicating graphs. It's the end of the road, but there are a few twists left in store.
Luigi's Mansion Luigi's Mansion Retrospective The original Luigi's Mansion is a timeless classic that defines the term "replayable". But its initial impression on critics wasn't great, and it had to develop a cult following later on. Next Level
Zelda Yet Another Ocarina of Time Retrospective On a platform full of videos about The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time, I attempt to say something new. This is yet another Ocarina of Time retrospective, delving into its design, narrative,
bell labs Suspicions are swirling and Bell Labs is burning In the midst of the worst period in his company's history, a lone physicist shines as a beacon of hope thanks to his ingenuity and hard work. But soon, Bell Labs will be
LambHoot 🍍🦀🧽 SpongeBob Battle for Bikini Bottom Rehydrated & The Last of Us Part 2 🧽🦀🍍 What does an analysis of TLOU2's context and standing as a sequel have to do with one about BFBB Rehydrated? Turns out, everything!
Persona How I Fell in Love with Persona This summer, I played through three Persona games for the first time. Here are my unfiltered, very casual reactions to the games that single-handedly conditioned me to RPGs, and changed my life altogether.
bell labs The man who almost faked his way to a Nobel Prize In the year 2000 an unknown German postdoc set the world of physics on fire. This is the story of how he got caught.
Doom Understanding the Music of Doom In 1993, Doom became one of the world's first immersive video games, and we can attribute a lot of that to Bobby Prince's score. Today, Mick Gordon has adapted the diversity of Doom's
MML A Disastrous Follow-Up on the Bon Appétit Test Kitchen A lot has happened since my last video on the Bon Appétit Test Kitchen. As such, we pour ourselves a cocktail and process the past several weeks. We'll touch on racism, pay equity,
LambHoot Violence in VR Video Games in 2019 (Essay) Virtual Reality 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?