Fiction and Fantasy

Tag: Games

  • The Archetypal Characters of Kingdom Hearts

    Photo by Sime Basioli on Unsplash Kingdom Hearts is a powerfully atmospheric video game series: the iconic opening cutscenes prove this time and time again. Characters fall into an ocean that dissolves into air as they land on stained-glass windows that shatter underfoot. Utada Hikaru’s Japanese pop music accompanies these visuals, providing an otherworldly and yet somehow familiar…

  • In Defense of Kingdom Hearts: A Series’ Maturity

    Editor’s Note: Upon replaying Kingdom Hearts 2, I realized the romance between Sora and Kairi is more prominent than I initially recalled. Minor sections of this post have been revised to reflect this. I hate the unbridled scorn for Kingdom Hearts. “I never even looked into this title because I assumed it was a kids…

  • Video Game Review – The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild

    Photo courtesy of NintendoEverything.com Genre: Action-Adventure RPG (open-world) Year Released: 2017 Publisher: Nintendo Director: Hidemaro Fujibayashi Platform(s): Wii U, Nintendo Switch Rating: Everyone 10+; for Fantasy Violence, Mild Suggestive Themes (cleavage), alcohol references and a drunken character (via ESRB) This review contains mild story spoilers. You have been warned.  The Premise The hero Link awakens…

  • Extended First Impressions: Final Fantasy XV

    Ahh! Real life got in the way of plans, so today’s post is a day late! Apologies! So my “extended first impressions” of Final Fantasy XV are a bit of a mess. See, I have this nasty habit of pretty much never finishing video games… so I’ve still barely started the main storyline. HOWEVER, I’ve…

  • Extended First Impressions: The Last Guardian

    Waiting ten years for anything is a harrowing experience. Think about it. That’s ten entire years to get excited. Three-thousand six-hundred and fifty days (plus leap days) for daydreaming about it, for wondering what it’ll be like, for worrying it won’t be what you expected or as good as you hoped. And if, at the…

  • The Long-Awaited Games Have Come – First Impressions of Final Fantasy XV and The Last Guardian

    Update : Updated article closing to include links to followup posts. Updated formatting to current blog standards. …Also I totally missed last time’s update. I am so sorry! I’ll try to post for the next three Fridays in a row to make up for it. Christmas came with a bang this year, and if any…

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