Brandon R Chinn

Opinion

The Xenosaga Trilogy Deserves a Remastered Edition

This could be the right time for the overlooked RPG to find an audience

Opinion

I Finally Beat Resident Evil

I am no longer a Jill sandwich

Opinion

Jin Sakai, Ramza Beoulve, and Invisible Revolutionaries

“Do you truly believe you can change the world? Not even I am so naïve as that.”

Review

Life, Death, and a House

What Remains of Edith Finch and the beauty of family

Review

The Merciful Horror of Sagebrush

A thoughtful exploration of despair, complacency, and truth

Feature

The Majesty of the Original Kingdom Hearts

The first is still the best

Opinion

Parasite Eve, Holiday Tradition

“Merry Christmas 1997”

Opinion

Xenoblade Chronicles X Was the Mech Game I Always Wanted

Incredible mech action in an alien world

Opinion

The World Ends With You, and the Pursuit of the Self

“Oh, what a wonderful world such would be…”

Opinion

13 Sentinels, and the Blessing of Narrative

When are video games more than games?

Opinion

Paratopic: An Exploration of Sensory Horror

A nightmare straight out of 1998

Opinion

Coming Together with Kind Words

A lo-fi window into the prevailing kindness of humans

Opinion

The Catharsis of Failure

How trying again and again in Hades made me feel accomplished

Review

I Have Many Mouths and I Must Scream

How Carrion’s inhumanity makes for a unique horror experience

Review

One Step From Eden

A frantic indie darling that evolves the deckbuilder

Opinion

Final Fantasy XIV Changed My Life

A titanic example of how a video game can imbue a sense of genuine belonging in a tumultuous world