Exceptionals: The Not-So-Perfect Storm!
Some time ago, my friend and mutual Rob MacWolf aka Ajani On-the-Spot asked if I wanted to take part in a project of his. Resident good person Sahoni recently wrapped up on the core mechanics of his tabletop RPG, Exceptionals. Inspired by X-Men, Exceptionals is...
#98: The Virtue of Virtual Tabletops
As a child, I spent a lot of time playing tabletop games with family and friends. From the nearly universally reviled, yet still somehow popular Monopoly, to the card games like Yu-Gi-Oh, hours of my time were spent over a kitchen table. With the passage...
Impressions #3: Final Fantasy X HD
As a Final Fantasy fan, it would be against the law for me not to buy the HD remake of Final Fantasy X and X-2. Final Fantasy X in particular holds great significance to me. It was the game the introduced me to the RPG...
#68: Kingdoms of Amalur vs. Skyrim: The Intimidation Factor
Like many people out there in the gaming space, I like to try to play games to completion. Though I do that with fewer and fewer games as I grow older, those games that particularly interest me still fuel that urge to do everything I...
#63: CRPGs: Why are They Always so Terrible to Start?
Much of my time this summer has been spent playing games from a bygone era. Because I have only recently started gaming on the PC a few years ago, there is a whole backlog of games, both old and new, that demand my attention. Of...
#56: The Timeless Question: What is an RPG?
Most of you out there know that I love to talk about video games. I derive pleasure from discussing what makes certain games work, where they go wrong, whether or not their stories make sense, and so on. Out of all of the questions related...
#41: The RPG Cultural Divide: East Versus West
It is no secret that there is a huge cultural divide between Western and Eastern styles of video game development. Due to the way each region of the world developed on similar, yet fundamentally different, lines over the centuries, the games developed by each regions...
#38: The RPG Genre: Back to the Drawing Board
Most people who read this regularly are aware of how much I love Role Playing Games. I love them for their emphasis on story and player interaction with the story through their mechanic. It is fun to play through these games and be truly immersed...
#5: Why Horror in RPGs Doesn’t Work
Horror is a unique beast amongst entertainment genres like movies and especially games. Everything has to be perfected in order for it to succeed. The visuals have to be compelling while simultaneously disturbing the viewer. The audio has to be suitably creepy. Any slight disturbances...