Nightmare Creatures 2015, A Bloodborne Review

Mephisto Mori/ May 26, 2015/ Video Games/ 1 comments

There’s no denying the success of Hidetaka Miyazaki and From Software’s Souls Series. They did what any good business does. Identify a hole in the market, garner a fan base, and exploit it over and over again for profit.  Two sequels and a handful of rereleases touting extra difficulty have made them more than enough money. This is usually the

Read More

Avengers 2: A Movie Rant so Good it Belongs on a Video Game Site

Mephisto Mori/ May 11, 2015/ Movies/ 0 comments

I’ve noticed some negative reviews appearing for Avengers: Age of Ultron. I took to my personal Facebook page with a digital rant of my own. It was so angry, I decided it belonged on my website even though it isn’t video game related. Enjoy: I understand a particular gripe the Internet has with Avengers: Age of Ultron: Yes, it was an obvious

Read More

Gamer Dad Confession: My Confessioniest of Confessions

Mephisto Mori/ May 8, 2015/ Video Games/ 0 comments

These confessions have ranged from shameless self-exploitation to silly. This one is pure shame. The first confession I wrote was a rant about Pokemon and Skylanders. The real theme of the post was that Japan is good at selling crap to American children – by extension man-children. In general the video game industry has gotten fantastic at marketing nostalgia. I have a resistance

Read More

A New Status Quo

Mephisto Mori/ May 5, 2015/ Video Games/ 3 comments

If you haven’t been paying attention the last decade, there has been a changing of the guard. Art, the internet, and entertainment are being sculpted by a new and powerful group of people. It’s not your fault if you didn’t notice. This new status quo has long prided itself on a shared experience of social marginalization. Yes, I’m talking about geeks. If you

Read More

Fun with Nomenclature

Mephisto Mori/ May 4, 2015/ Video Games/ 2 comments

I have a new name for Call of Duty fans. Dudies (pronounced doodies). It was a logical progression. Dudes are playing Duty. Dudies. The result was a double entendre that just makes sense. This isn’t just the casual CoD fan, mind you. It’s a very specific fan (pictured above). Basically they’re the Bronies of the Call of Duty crowd. They

Read More