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by Jack Zustiak
Sonic has been a busy guy this year. Between movies, games, and comics, I feel like I’m seeing him everywhere. Just when you think he may be running out of steam, however, he picks the pace back up to end the year with Sonic Prime, a Netflix series that
by Jack Zustiak
Pokémon has had a rough transition to 3D. It started slow on the DS with Diamond and Pearl using simple 3D objects in mostly 2D environments mostly just buildings to give the world a bit more depth. Black and White upped the ante with a few fully three dimensional environments
by David Flynn & Jack Zustiak
People often look down on simple games, but games don’t necessarily need a lot of depth to be fun. In fact, I find the absence of depth to be Gungrave’s greatest strength. The original Gungrave game unleashed a flurry of bullets and chaos that whipped up into a
by Jack Zustiak
Sonic, Amy, and Tails have made their way to the Starfall Islands, where the Chaos Emeralds have mysteriously made their new home. Upon arriving, however, the three are sucked into Cyber Space, with only Sonic able to escape. Assisted by an ethereal voice, Sonic is able to free Amy from
by Jack Zustiak
All warfare is based on deception. The DioField Chronicle takes that particular art of war to heart with a narrative filled with all the lies and subterfuge you would expect from a game about politics. This is a game with a grand scale: it drops the player into its fictional
by Jack Zustiak
Parodies always bring baggage with them – they rely on something else to define themselves. If you remove the crutch of their source material, or they make their jabs on unsteady ground, parodies often struggle to keep their balance. They then risk accidentally tripping over their baggage, comically fumbling straight into
by Jack Zustiak
The word “survive” brings to mind the idea of a desperate struggle – the process of overcoming a life or death situation. You may have experienced something like that at some point, but I’d wager that most readers of Digimon video game reviews aren’t living through that kind of
by Jack Zustiak