I have always been a big fan of racing games going back to the SNES. I have put at least 400 hours into each of the Forza Motorsport games. There is an interesting trend between the odd and even entries. The games in many ways have been groundbreaking, but also, [...]

Since achievements and trophies became a thing, I never got people’s obsession with them. I felt it was ok and sometimes they’d pop up and detract from a game. Telling you before the actual game ended before it had actually ended. Gears of War had this issue and I didn’t [...]

For years and years I’ve heard gamers always complain about cutscenes in games. Metal Gear Solid 4 is pointed out for having too many cutscenes. I have always pushed back on that. But today I have to admit games do have cutscene issues. I was playing Final Fantasy 16 last [...]

Remakes are all the rage now. As much as I don’t like most of them, I understand they’ll keep coming. Some are needed while others just show a studio and or publisher are out of ideas or doesn’t want to spend too much money on something new and or ambitious [...]

Over the past few years, Xbox influencers and YouTube journalists have made a new talking point. They claim Somy ran Sega out of the console business . I don’t know where this came from. To claim this means they don’t know what they’re talking about. If you were a 90s [...]