PlayStation and Me, 30 Years In · 14 min read

I don’t remember when I got an original PlayStation. I think it may have been for my birthday in 1997 or 1998. I remember my mom didn’t want to buy the console for me and my brother because she considered its games to be “too violent.” But really, the only game that I knew on the console was Croc: Legend of the Gobbos (I still have its TV commercial embedded into my brain). We had a Nintendo 64, with around 3 or 4 games, including Super Mario 64. I spent a few years growing up with the Sega Genesis and SNES, which were at the end of their lifespans, and thus the cheapest consoles we could get. But on one hazy, fateful day, I did get that PlayStation. With Croc.

How Much A Dollar Cost · 4 min read

Two weeks ago, Sony announced the PlayStation 5 Pro for a grand total of $700 USD. You want a disc drive? That’ll cost you another $80. That’s an almost $300 increase over the base model PS5s for a potential 45% improvement in graphical performance. I’ve had a over two weeks to digest the news and parse through my initial shock and frustration at the price.

Introducing Digital Odysseys · 1 min read

You may have noticed over the past few days that a new item has appeared in the navigation bar.

Thoughts on the Ninth Generation of Videogame Consoles, Three Years In · 11 min read

It has been a little over three years since both Sony and Microsoft launched their new hardware to kick off the ninth-generation of consoles. I thought it would be interesting to take a look at where both the PS5 and Xbox Series X|S consoles are now, along with the Switch (which straddles generations) and Steam Deck. Note that all opinions stated here are mine, and mine only.

On The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom · 6 min read

You dive off an island, miles up in the sky. As you rapidly descend to the world below, you notice something striking -- Hyrule has changed. What once a beautiful and luscious green landscape is now covered with a strange red-black substance, surrounding seemingly bottomless chasms. Ruined buildings are everywhere. Once populated cities now scarcely contain more than a handful of people, with strange monsters terrorizing the land.