The Secret Lair An Exhibition of Adventure cards were spoiled recently and the Secret Lair contains some pretty exciting reprints. An Exhibition of Adventure is one of five Dungeons and Dragons Secret Lairs that Hasbro and Wizards of the Coast are releasing to celebrate the 50th anniversary of DnD. Similar to other Secret Lair super…
Throughout gaming history, Nintendo and Sony have been neck and neck in popularity. They’ve both jumpstarted some of the most memorable IPs of all time and led the way for innovation in gaming. Growing up, many of us were biased toward one or the other, but is it really a competition? Let’s take a trip…
The nature of the difference between Western-style RPGs and JRPGs has been a long-running debate. Some people insist that they’re all the same genre, while others feel that JRPGs are more divested than RPGs. They need a more distinct perspective rather than focusing on a region of interest in the subgenere. How To Identify Role…
Kingdom Hearts is a series that is no stranger to cross-overs and collaborations. The very series was built on a company crossover of Disney’s various movie licenses and Square Enix’s Final Fantasy video game series. If anything, it’s a miracle these games get ported and released so consistently, because the copyright clauses must be football…
The GameBoy Advance is one of the most popular handhelds in the video game landscape. This little guy came out back in 2001, and took the handheld market by storm. Even now, in 2024, many Nintendo, and even non-Nintendo fans look back at the console in a positive light. This handheld just had so many…
I’ve been a fan of Dragon’s Dogma since the original came out swinging with a killer J-rock intro — one that was sadly later patched in Dark Arisen. When whispers swirled around a potential Dragon’s Dogma 2, I knew I’d be a day-one buyer. After dozens of hours spent traversing a revamped continent, coming to…
JRPGs are one of the most interesting video game genres. They’re role playing games, but made by a Japanese developer. RPGs themselves have tons of tropes and commonalities, and JRPGs share those same tropes as well. JRPGs have been a sub genre for so long, they’ve even managed to get their own tropes associated with…
Monster Hunter is known for hardcore battles against giant creatures with attacks and abilities that can rival the most powerful supervillains. With that fact comes some monsters that are notorious for giving both new and experienced hunters a hard time. Behemoth in Monster Hunter World (MHW) is one of those monsters and has served as…
The Persona series is a popular Japanese role-playing game franchise. It’s been around since the late 1990s, and originally, it wasn’t even its own series. Revelations: Persona was the first game, released all the way back in 1996. The series has had countless releases since, both main series and spin-offs included. The Persona franchise really…
RPG enthusiasts have eaten pretty well so far this year with releases like Final Fantasy Seven: Rebirth, Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth, Persona Three Reload, and Shin Megami Tensei Five: Vengeance. The year is only half over though which means gamers still have the back half of 2024 to look forward to even more highly anticipated…
