3. It’s a Copy of Another Level It is understandable that Nintendo had to repeat some levels, considering the technical limitations of the time; but why pick 7-3, which was a horrible level already? Why not pick an actual good level? 2. It Mixes Three Luck-Based Mechanics for Optimal Bullshit Namely, wind, springs, and Lakitu—the […]
What makes Super Mario RPG’s music work so well is its mix of virtually everything good about music: It can somehow be both heavy and melodic at the same time, mixing catchy beats and swelling orchestra at the same time. While most good music has at least one of these elements, and many games have […]
There is a depressing type of mental pathogen infecting the media called “centrism”; no, not the legitimate support of beliefs that just-so-happen to be between what Democrats and Republicans support, but the idea that one must support what falls into the culturally-manufactured ideology known as the “center” in order to be considered proper. Real discussions […]
A major flaw in the way we look at economics is that it is constantly restrained to the dichotomy of “progovernment” vs. “antigovernment”—often mistakenly described as “socialism” vs. “capitalism”—neither of which is a particularly accurate reflection of reality. The idea that we should even discuss whether there should be economic regulations at all is absurd […]
This will just be a quick comment on the writing of Super Paper Mario with no judgment on its gameplay or overall quality (I’ve never actually played it, just watched it, though its gameplay does look interesting). My overall assessment of Super Paper Mario’s writing is that they saw the success of The Thousand Year […]
I never understood why Final Fantasy IV is considered so highly among the series (at least compared to the other five of the first six games; I never really played any of the newer ones, and thus will abstain from writing about them). In terms of actual gameplay the fourth iteration is far less interesting […]
Like many political terms, “political correctness” is a term so vague it is almost meaningless. There is no objective way to measure whether something is PC or not, so anyone can gleefully accuse any criticism of racism as politically correct regardless of the true level of racism criticized. What is “political correctness”? It is most […]
