Series starts here. The very next day, I somehow managed to pull my wits together and defeat Ridley. With the space dragon destroyed, I rushed to the mysterious statue corridor to see if the path had opened, the path I was certain must lead to “Mother Brain”. And what do I see? Only one of theContinue reading “The Metroid Reveal was a Dirty Setup (part 6)”
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The Metroid Reveal was a Dirty Setup (part 5)
Series starts here. By this point, I’d been playing Metroid off-and-on for the better part of a year. In the meanwhile, I got to experience many other games at friends houses such as Trojan, Gradius, Pro Wrestling, Tiger-Heli, The Legend of Zelda, and Castlevania. Nintendo subculture was taking on a life of its own, already poisedContinue reading “The Metroid Reveal was a Dirty Setup (part 5)”
The Metroid Reveal was a Dirty Setup (part 4)
Series starts here. I pressed on. Kraid was somewhere in this area, and my mission was to hunt him down. Unfortunately, I fell for the “Fake Kraid” scam. Also known as Mini-Kraid, this guy fooled many a player into leaving Miniboss Hideout #1 too soon. He is a brown a blue variant of the real boss,Continue reading “The Metroid Reveal was a Dirty Setup (part 4)”
The Metroid Reveal was a Dirty Setup (part 3)
Series starts here. It was seven-year-old me vs. Metroid. No strategy guide. No maps. No help from parents (Most 80s parents were hopeless at video games. Good luck getting them to pick up a controller in the first place; As the NES’s popularity rose, they were actively being propagandized to believe video gaming was a meaninglessContinue reading “The Metroid Reveal was a Dirty Setup (part 3)”
The Metroid Reveal was a Dirty Setup (part 2)
Part 1 here. Right away, the world of Metroid pulled me in. The title screen had this haunting deep bass theme, powerful, yet so sparse as to be disquieting, almost daring me to enter its world despite my age. It was at that moment I knew I was in for something more than what myContinue reading “The Metroid Reveal was a Dirty Setup (part 2)”
The Metroid Reveal was a Dirty Setup (part 1)
In 1986, a video game called Metroid got released for the Nintendo Entertainment System to critical and commercial acclaim. The game was highly atmospheric and featured exploration-style gameplay similar to the likes of Adventure, Pitfall, and The Legend of Zelda. If you completed the game fast enough, there was a “face reveal” at the endContinue reading “The Metroid Reveal was a Dirty Setup (part 1)”
The Problem with Schrödinger’s Cat
I’m sure you’re all familiar with the classic thought experiment. But to refresh your memory, this quantum mechanics thought exercise is a hypothetical scientific paradox in which a living cat is placed in a metal box with a sealed flask of hydrocyanic acid. There is a hammer inside rigged to either smash, or not smash,Continue reading “The Problem with Schrödinger’s Cat”
Different Interpretations are Okay (final)
(Part 1 can be found here.) When I hear a literary scholar lecturing a class on how to interpret a story, I find the take interesting, but I certainly don’t consider it the only way to interpret the story. Some professors get particularly smug and feel it is the only way, though, to the pointContinue reading “Different Interpretations are Okay (final)”
Different Interpretations are Okay (part 3)
Comic books have always been political. That’s their argument. They push it even further by saying all art is political, and they’ll cherry-pick specific comic book panels to gaslight you into believing that every single title you’ve ever enjoyed is–and always has been–propagandized, all to get you to shut up and swallow Current Year propaganda.Continue reading “Different Interpretations are Okay (part 3)”
Different Interpretations are Okay (part 2)
YouTube personality “Az” of HeelvsBabyface recently said modern AAA game studios are “boring”. He’s right. They have nothing left to say. Nothing new, anyway. Nothing you don’t constantly see repeated on TV commercials or in Hollywood movies. The “brave” political statements you’re seeing in AAA games are the same stale statements you see spewed fromContinue reading “Different Interpretations are Okay (part 2)”
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