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More Thoughts From Me #166: Too Many Sswitch Games in April

What do Steamworld Quest, Final Fantasy X/X-2, Cuphead, Final Fantasy 12, and Darksiders Warmastered Edition all have in common? They are all coming to (or already out on) the Nintendo Switch this month!! April is a crazy month for the Nintendo Switch. What are the games I’m looking forward to, what are the games I’ll have skip, and should we expect any more surprise games for this month?! April is here and there are…way too many games coming to the…

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More Thoughts From Me #163: Its A Final Fantasy World

I was going to write about Final Fantasy 3 (DS) for this installment. And then I got World of Final Fantasy Maxima for the Nintendo Switch and I completely stopped playing FF3. I think I’ll get back to it eventually. Maybe. But for now, I decided to write about World of Final Fantasy Maxima instead of FF3. Mainly because I have a lot to say about this game. Wow, do I ever. So sit back, relax, and check out my…

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More Thoughts From Me #162: The Case of the Missing Sony E3 Conference

Sony announced this year that they will not be at E3. This means no E3 conference at all! Why is Sony doing this? Don’t they have anything to show for the Playstation 4 this year?! Some thoughts and theories below! Every year at E3: Sony, Microsoft, and Nintendo show off games. Sure, you have Ubisoft and EA and some other companies, but the big three are always the most anticipated of E3. Not this year. This year Sony won’t be…

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More Thoughts From Me #161: 8-Bit Adventure Nostalgia Overload

Back in the NES days, I wasn’t into rpgs. I played a lot of platformers and action games. And occasionally, I played 8-bit adventure games too. There are three adventure games that I still think about after all these years: Deja Vu, The Uninvited, and Shadowgate. I hadn’t played these games in years, but then I saw a video that showed a collection called 8-Bit Adventure Anthology Vol. 1 that included all of them. I had to have it! So…

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More Thoughts From Me #160: Where’s Animal Crossing Switch?!

During the last Nintendo Direct, Animal Crossing for the Nintendo Switch was not shown. Let me repeat that: Animal Crossing Switch was not shown! Just about everyone expected the game to be shown and Nintendo went and showed us almost everything else. So what’s going on with Animal Crossing Switch? So why wasn’t Animal Crossing Switch shown during the last Nintendo Direct? Well, Luigi’s Mansion and Pokemon for the Switch were not shown either. Pokemon is definitly not coming out…

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More Thoughts From Me #158: Does Kingdom Hearts 3 Live Up to the Hype?

In a column not long ago, I talked about how much I was looking forward to Kingdom Hearts 3. I had very high expectations for the title. While I haven’t finished Kingdom Hearts 3 yet, I have played all of the Disney worlds and I’m very close to seeing the ending. How am I feeling about Kingdom Hearts 3? Is it living up to the hype? Warning: there are spoilers to Kingdom Hearts 3 in this article so don’t read…

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More Thoughts From Me #155: Kingdom Hearts 3 Is Out Next Tuesday!

I can’t believe Kingdom Hearts 3 is coming out a week from today! Fans of the series have waited a really LONG time for a third entry in the series. The wait is almost over! And so I want to talk about the new game. Why am I so excited for Kingdom hearts 3?! The Kingdom Hearts spinoffs were not as good as the first two games. At least, the two spinoffs that I played, the Kingdom Hearts for DS…

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More Thoughts From Me #153: Fantastic LittleBigPlanet 3 Creations

Its been awhile since I’ve explored the LittleBigPlanet community and its amazing amount of content. So when I got a PS4 recently, one of the games I was interested in getting was LittleBigPlanet 3. I got the game recently and I’ve been checking out peoples creations. What cool things have a seen so far? LittleBigPlanet 3 was not created by Media Molecule, the developer of the first two games. Instead, Sumo Digital created LBP3. And mostly I couldn’t tell that…

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More Thoughts From Me #149: Burnout? Is that you?

I got Playstation Plus last month and the first free game I downloaded one of this month’s releases: OnRush! I’m a huge fan of the Burnout series and OnRush looked like it was be fun on that level. So I downloaded it and I love it so far. Let me tell you why. I like unrealistic racing games such as Mario Kart and the Burnout series. Why? Because I really suck at racing games. I’m a terrible driver. I don’t…

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More Thoughts From Me #148: Best Spider-man Game Ever?

One of the games I knew I had to get for the Playstation 4 was Marvel’s Spider-man. I am a huge Spider-man fan: the comics, the movies, and even some of the video games. Marvel’s new PS4 exclusive Spider-man game has looked amazing since day one. I knew I wanted to play it if I ever got a PS4. Spider-man? And developed by Insomniac Games?!! I love Insomniac Games! Ratchet & Clank for the PS3 got me to buy that…

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