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My wife and I went with her sister's family to see Detective Pikachu this afternoon, and had a ton of fun! The film is charming and fun, but it’s greatest strengths by far are Pikachu and his Pokémon costars. I’ve only played a bit of the Detective Pikachu game, but have played a boatload of … Continue reading Detective Pikachu is weirdly dark, but tons of fun!
I've played through Final Fantasy VII exactly once. It was about 15 years ago, and I absolutely loved it. A few years after that, I started itching to play it again, but never got around to it. Then there started to be rumors of a remake, so I decided to wait. Then I started listening … Continue reading Returning to Midgar: FF7 and the Materia Lockdown Challenge
Because I was excited about New Dawn, I finally dropped back into the world of Far Cry 5 to finish off the last little bit of the game I hadn't done yet. I beat the last mini-boss, liberated the third territory, and took on the big bad. Overall, the game succeeds at fun moment-to-moment gameplay … Continue reading Finishing Far Cry 5 was Frustrating
I grew up loving Pokémon. I remember the very first time I saw a kid at school playing the Blue version on a GameBoy pocket in the library, and went home asking for it that day. I competed in a tournament at a mall, once, and reset my save file because I heard you'd be … Continue reading I’m surprisingly excited for Pokémon Sword and Shield
This post is the written version of a podcast episode on YDWMY Reviews about my feelings on having completed The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past for the very first time. Listen instead of reading here. I've been a fan of the Legend of Zelda series for as long as I can remember. … Continue reading The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past
