Happy Easter everyone! I won't drone on too long, we've all got eggs to hunt and pastel clothes to wear. And depending on the games you play, you may have noticed that it's Easter -- or some vaguely seasonal pastel-flavored, egg and bunny themed holiday -- in your...
Dragon Quest FM, S2 E27 – Dragon Quest IV Deep Dive (Episode Four): Towns, Translations, and Final Thoughts
To see more Dragon Quest manual art like the featured image, be sure to check out the Dragon Quest Art Tumblr! It's our fourth and final episode of our Deep Dive into Dragon Quest IV! This week, B.J. injured his jaw and can't talk, so he wrote up his thoughts and...
Dragon Quest FM, S2 E31 – Dragon Quest and Religion: “Hey, God, Wanna Come Live on My Monster Farm?”
This week, Austin and B.J. take a look at Dragon Quest and religion!
2019 Half-Year Highlights
This week, I'm at a bit of a crossroads. I've finished up the Zenithia Trilogy--possibly my favorite video game trilogy of all time--and although I still have to finish Dragon Quest VIII and play IX, I'm almost at the end of my quest. I said I was going to beat every...
Decisions, decisions: The crossroads of story and choice
If you read last week's blog post about Pokemon (which, is here if you missed it) you'll know that I'm big on games that present interesting decisions to players. It's what, at the core, defines a good game to me. But when I talk about this concept with friends,...
Pokémon’s (grassy) Route to Success
When my mom took me to Walmart to purchase a copy of Pokémon Blue on release day in September of 1998 (I was 11) with money that I had saved up my allowance for months to purchase, there's no way she could have known that this little $40 game you played on a dual-tone...

