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Golden Sun: Dark Dawn – A Retrospective

After the GBA released, there weren't many truly killer RPGs for the handheld in question. The genre existed, sure, but none of them had the feel. Most fell flat, either from a technical perspective or story perspective. The few good ones suffered from a different problem: bad marketing. All, except a certain little game by…

The Many Echo Chambers of Reddit

Reddit is an interesting forum. The most glaring difference between it and a forum along the lines of GBAtemp or similar is either the 'subreddit' system or the 'upvote/downvote' system. Simply put, the subreddit system allows you to create a dedicated board to your topic of interest. For example, if you love fish burgers, and…

Ravenfield: Early Access Build 14 – Game Review

Looking for your next FPS? Give this review a shot, and see if Ravenfield is worth it.

Avengers: Endgame is Completely Overrated – Movie Review

So many wasted opportunities.

Wikipedia and Direct Democracy

Disclaimer: I've studied for this essay extensively, however, I will not claim to be an expert. If you believe I've made a mistake, then don't hesitate to contact me. What is the cycle of anacyclosis? Simply put, a hierarchy goes through multiple stages as it advances through time. As defined by Plato, you start out…

Game Reviews: Untold Stories, The House Abandoned

This is meta. The Bait: Let me get something out of the way, this game is absolutely brilliant, it proves that meta text adventures can be really terrifying. No spoilers, but this game utilizes some of the best game design I have ever seen. The Catch: SPOILERS BELOW: The game starts off fairly simple, you…

Ty Reviews: Spider-Man Homecoming

.... .... What? You don't know what the plot is? You seriously don't have the time to open up another tab and click the first result? Fine. Spider-Man: Homecoming is the story of young Peter Parker. He's basically this teen with spider powers. For those that somehow don't know his origin story, here's a quick…

Ty Reviews: Dwarf Fortess

What on earth am I looking at. Dwarf fortress is complicated. By how much? Well, it's essentially Starcraft, thrown together with AI:War, with all of CIV 5's expansion packs. Times five. In one of my many death spirals, a wereskunk slipped in as an immigrant to my fortress, over the course of the the next…

Ty Talks About: Net Neutrality

Freakin' Liberals