The Last Guardian

When Sony re-revealed The Last Guardian at E3 2015, the game was already synonymous with term "development hell", seeing how we were 4 years past its initial release date. The game was now a PS4 exclusive, so if your decision to get PS3 over an X360 was in any way influenced by titles like this or Final Fantasy Versus XIII, you learned a precious lesson about trust. Me? The game barely existed in my mind at that point. This E3 trailer was my first real exposure to it, and I got excited.

On wrestling match ratings

A few weeks ago, Wrestle Kingdom 11 happened, the 2017 edition of New Japan Pro Wrestling's annual show. Over the last few years, WK has become a quintessential event for western fans of wrestling who venture outside of WWE-produced TV. People who like rating and discussing matches often put main events of WK on top of their "best of year" lists. This time the encounter between Kenny Omega and Kazuchika Okada blew everyone's expectations, receiving praise from virtually everywhere. There was almost no voice that it was anything below spectacular. Some argued that there were better matches on the show, but after a few days those voices died out and tone of discussion shifted towards answering the question "Just how good was that Omega/Okada match?" "Was it just match of the year, or match of the century?" One Dave "Tastemaker" Meltzer rated it 6 out of 5 stars, calling it the best match in decades.

"Zero Time Dilemma", or how a hack did something right

I was extremely disappointed with "Zero Time Dilemma", last year's conclusion to the "Zero Escape" trilogy of games/visual novels. Ever since playing it I have considered its creator, Kotaro Uchikoshi, a hack. However, there is one aspect of the series which I never see discussed and which I'm actually very impressed with, and that is how symbiotic the gameplay is with the story and its themes.

Needless to say I'm going to spoil important parts of the entire trilogy.

Top 10 albums of 2016

Well hello there, welcome to my first blog post of 2017 and my first top10 albums list. In 2016 I listened to more music than any year before, constantly trying out new bands and albums and trying to squeeze in more listening hours whenever I could. As many people do, I've formed my thoughts along the way about which albums I liked the most and why. And now I'd like to share them with you!