Oops, I kinda missed last week. So let’s be extra thankful this week for all the good things in our lives, no matter how big or small! Welcome to Thankful Thursday, where I invite you to join me in practicing active gratitude – it does wonders for one’s state of mind. Things have been rather … Read more
Welcome to another exciting installment of Spacemon, the tale of a Pokemon TRPG campaign! This is a spinoff of the sci-fi space epic played using the Pokemon Tabletop United (PTU) system, this time GMed by yours truly. You can get caught up on the entire Spacemon saga here! Gunfire deflected off Simon Dolohov’s riot shield … Read more
Nier: Automata was a game nobody expected. It follows on one of the endings of Nier, known as Nier Gestalt in Japan, which received lukewarm reviews here out west. Before I get into Automata, I’ll talk about my experience with OG Nier. From my years playing games like Chrono Cross and Final Fantasy VIII-XII, I had the impression that Square Enix was a developer … Read more
Picky started Thankful Thursday back in April, which I thought was a great idea. Unfortunately, life happens and he was unable to continue the column, so with his blessing I’m picking it up. I’d like to invite you to participate by letting me know what you’re grateful for in the comments! Actively practicing gratitude is very … Read more
Today, as part of my weekly retrospective, I’m going to talk about one of my all-time favorite games, and in my opinion one of the very best games on Sony’s original PlayStation. I also think they should remake this game, with it’s 20th anniversary coming up. Most of this is probably rose-tinted by the several … Read more
Welcome to another exciting installment of Spacemon, the tale of a Pokemon TRPG campaign! This is a spinoff of the sci-fi space epic played using the Pokemon Tabletop United (PTU) system, this time GMed by yours truly. You can get caught up on the entire Spacemon saga here! “The word in the underworld is that … Read more
Rufus Scott wrote a fun article yesterday, and I think he was a little hard on poor Kratos, so I’m here to defend Kratos and look at some of the best double jumpers I can think of, giving you my opinion on the matter. Rufus mentioned Doom Guy, who has a really good and reliable double … Read more
Tower of God opens on a vague promise: those that rise to the challenge and ascend the tower can become “God,” granting them any desire. Based on the popular manhwa and webtoon from South Korea, ToG quickly became one of the hottest new anime of Spring 2020 in large part due to the existing fanbase, … Read more
I highly recommend checking out Jeremy Whitson’s Warped Pipes series of articles where he dissects and examines the timeline of each game, I absolutely loved reading those when they came out and they are just as good today. This was all done right here on TAY, and I’m really feeling that. So here’s my rose-tinted perspective of … Read more
Welcome to another exciting installment of Spacemon, the tale of a Pokemon TRPG campaign! This is a spinoff of the sci-fi space epic played using the Pokemon Tabletop United (PTU) system, this time GMed by yours truly. You can get caught up on the entire Spacemon saga here! “How’d your little expedition go?” Gaster frowned … Read more