Welcome to Colorado, one of the most interesting missions in the game.In hindsight, after taking this footage and playing Colorado many times afterward, the most striking thing about it is just how small the level actually is.I talked a bit in this episode about how the episodic model can, in some...

Today, we finish our discussion on Escalation Contracts and the "stack" of Hitman.Last time, I talked about how Escalations help Hitman players improve their improvisational skills and ability to adapt to new conditions on old missions.Each level of an escalation adds a new condition, which could...

And now, we get to talk a bit about Escalations in Hitman.Continuing from where I left off last time...In his article about the success of Hitman, Kirk Hamilton posits that Escalations help players master small subsections of a given map, and he's not wrong. However, I would add that they add a...

Today, we explore the contracts mode in Hitman.I got the idea for making both this and the Escalation contract episodes (yes, plural) after reading an opinion piece from Kirk Hamilton on Kotaku. In the piece, he talks about the what I have come to call the "stack" of Hitman, which I also eluded to...

At long last, we have arrived at the first finale of our Kingdom Hearts Primer.It's a shame that Gamer's Little Playground had to change the music in the end for copyright reasons, because that finale had me bawling as a child.There's not much more that I can add to our commentary on this episode....

And now, the most famous scene in the entire franchise:But enough about that, let's talk about Kairi.A lot of plot twists occur at this moment in the story, but one of these reveal is that Kairi has been with Sora this entire time, locked within the confines of his heart. And now that she's...

And today, we finish what we started with our Elusive Target.Finding the target in an Elusive Contract isn't always easy. Because players don't have the benefit of seeing the target with Instinct, they need to rely on the details given in the briefing in order to search for them. Or, if they're...

Welcome back to the main plot.I know we've spoken about the big twist well before it came into play here, but I still think it's a really great moment. The big reveal that Sora was *never* supposed to be the hero. His status as a keyblade bearer, and his numerous successes, can be attributed to a...

Today, we give one of the Elusive Targets a shot.On occasion, re-watching these videos in order to do the post-commentary is a lot like watching someone play Dark Souls. I can see all the mistakes being made with so much more clarity than I'd even have been able to in the moment. Things that look...

And now, back to plot!Sora and Riku serve as very good foils for each other. Both are essentially after the same thing. All they want to do is rescue Kairi and go off on awesome adventurers with cool people.It's fairly typical for this type of story, but it works. Their voice actors deliver solid...