The term Metroidvania is not a new one. It’s existed since the late 90s and has evolved from a hacked-together mixture of two existing games’ titles to a legitimate subgenre with a hardcore following, regularly breaking into mainstream gaming discussion Video game genre titles are a total nightmare, but I want to hone in onContinue reading “Metroidvania is a Bad Term (But Not for the Reason You Think)”
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The Unholy Grail of FPS: Blood (1997)
When I was a kid, my friend loaned me his copy of Pokemon Diamond for the DS, and for years after that, I said, “I just don’t like JRPGs, they aren’t for me.” Then one morning, in my freshman year of highschool, I randomly woke up at 4 AM and decided to play Final FantasyContinue reading “The Unholy Grail of FPS: Blood (1997)”