A tale of two Donkey Kongs: Donkey Kong Country and Donkey Kong ‘94 on virtual console.  Country for when I just want to breeze through some speedy levels, and ‘94 for when I want something that requires a little more thought.  

I think it would be an interesting conversation to have about whether we can enjoy things made by horrible people, but the article should have presented itself as that.  I agree the tone is really weird.  I thought I was just reading a preview of the game and the controversy was just shoved in there.  It weirdly read…

On the other hand, there’s plenty of awesome characters with normal glasses (Bayonetta, Otacon, Gordon Freeman), proving once and for all that it is cool to be school.

I’ve been found out!

This reminds of the platforming dungeon from Final Fantasy XV. Obviously not a platforming game so the controls are super janky, but it’s really interesting playing within the game’s own set of rules. Jumping, warping and then the changes in perspective that they use. It was really something where the problems in…

I’d like to imagine these are young kids trying to be edgy. I mean who else has the time to complain and make pictures about an optional feature in a game. Hopefully they’ll grow out of it...but I realize I’m probably giving humanity too much credit here.

Climbing Kefka’s Tower and telling him what’s what... after I finish a few more character quests and hunt some more dragons. But then definitely saving the world.

Final Fantasy VI. I’ve had this silly idea to play games made in 1994 for the rest of the year as they’ll be turning 25 this year and so will I. I know these games share the same age as me every year, but I feel 25th anniversaries can be pretty big for games so I wanted to celebrate them. Anyway, I’ve just gotten to…