No Lives Left

I'm back! Finally... Had a lot on my plate lately but I can finally come back to hopefully regularly update this blog. And  a lot of things have happened since I last posted. E3 2018, Avengers: Infinity War, and I'm also another whole year older! Time is flying by real quick. But the real reason I was gone wasn't because of real life. No...no...it was because my  fake life that had encompassed all that I would know. A fake life that I had constantly kept at my side through the months, checking on it every free moment that I possessed.  That life was called Xenoblade Chronicles 2 (XC2). And while I certainly did not finish the game completely, I don't think I will touch this game again (this sounds worse than I make it out to be). Xenoblade Chronicles 2 is a large- wait, no-  vast  game. It's got so much space in it that I think the Witcher 3 world map could fit inside with room to spare. This is just an estimation, I could easily be wrong. But if anyt...

I've known about Monster Hunter for almost ten years now and never once did I feel like delving into it. The game series looks  hard , has a ton of grinding involved, and looks extremely complicated. Back in 2009 when Monster Hunter Tri came out for the Wii, my thought process was: 1. Your weapons can break? Nope. 2. Complex crafting system that involves hours of grinding? Nope. 3. Hidden game mechanics that aren't explained too well? Nope. 4. I have to prep before going into battle? Nope. 5. Boss battles (hunts) that can last several minutes...just to collect items? Nope. That's what kind of gamer I was back then. But the  SoulsBorne   franchise has since changed that. I now understand the joy and satisfaction of patient gaming. I love figuring out patterns and developing strategies. I learned to love practicing techniques to overcome larger than life bosses. I have gotten used to weapon durability and learned to appreciate the way it mixes up gameplay...

I have an odd obsession with terrible movies. There's something about them that really captures my attention and imagination. Besides a few horror movies, movies are a pretty huge financial and time investment. So when a categorically terrible movie comes along, I always have this urge to see them so that I can answer that burning question inside my head: "Why?" Why was this movie made? What's the motivation for putting in the time and effort? Did the director really think the movie they made was good enough to show? Why did director/producer/creator make the movie? When someone says a movie is bad, they usually mean that they thought the movie was boring, confusing, and/or just not compelling. This makes a movie forgettable and bland. It also doesn't even bring up any questions, these types of movies are just a waste of time. I'd say a perfect example would be the later Transformers movies (specifically Transformers: Age of Extinction). It's long, i...