by Azha Reyes | Dec 3, 2018 | Reviews, Video Games, Virtual Reality
My first gaming console was a Game Boy Color my mother received in exchange for some nursing books when I was about eight years old. It was bundled with Super Mario Land and Donkey Kong, though I never managed to get very far in either. I was terrible at sidescrollers and platformers and lacked the patience needed to keep going each time I died. Over the years as I’ve traded up to different consoles and games graphics and mechanics have improved, I’ve avoided sidescrollers and platformers like the Castlevania series, convinced that I simply wasn’t good at them. (more…)
Azha Reyes spends entirely too much time playing video games, and even more time rambling about them. They’ve been known to cry about character development on occasion. They rarely shut up at @writethenoise on Twitter, if that’s your kind of thing.
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by Azha Reyes | Nov 20, 2018 | Poetry, Video Games
Game Enjambment is a reoccurring poetry series on games and gaming.
With Kingdom Hearts III due out in January, I’ve been doing a lot of thinking lately about one of the game’s protagonists, Riku, and how his story throughout the series is so inextricably tied to Sora.
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Azha Reyes spends entirely too much time playing video games, and even more time rambling about them. They’ve been known to cry about character development on occasion. They rarely shut up at @writethenoise on Twitter, if that’s your kind of thing.
by Azha Reyes | Sep 3, 2018 | Reviews, Video Games
The Piano
Mistaken Visions
PC
Release Date: 2018
Note: Sidequest was provided with a copy of The Piano for PC in exchange for a fair and honest review.
The Piano, an adventure/survival horror indie game by one-man studio Mistaken Visions, could be great—but chances are I’ll never know. (more…)
Azha Reyes spends entirely too much time playing video games, and even more time rambling about them. They’ve been known to cry about character development on occasion. They rarely shut up at @writethenoise on Twitter, if that’s your kind of thing.
by Azha Reyes | Jul 3, 2018 | Essays, Video Games
Overwatch has balance issues. (more…)
Azha Reyes spends entirely too much time playing video games, and even more time rambling about them. They’ve been known to cry about character development on occasion. They rarely shut up at @writethenoise on Twitter, if that’s your kind of thing.
by Azha Reyes | Jun 18, 2018 | Features, Video Games
E3 2018 unveiled a flood of upcoming games for those of us who were lucky enough to be there or watching the proceedings on Twitch and YouTube. Personally, I think the week’s biggest highlights were Devolver’s hilariously entertaining conference full of blood, sarcasm, and Mahria Zook’s incredible acting; the beautiful same-sex kiss shown in the The Last of Us Part II trailer; and the three trailers for Kingdom Hearts III—due out January 29th, 2019—that Square Enix generously graced us with. (more…)
Azha Reyes spends entirely too much time playing video games, and even more time rambling about them. They’ve been known to cry about character development on occasion. They rarely shut up at @writethenoise on Twitter, if that’s your kind of thing.
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