Beyond the Beyond – Part 2
The second half of Beyond the Beyond goes quick. At this point in the game, your options for what to do next start narrowing, and the narrative picks up, making it easier to find your path forward. In the last part, I had just unlocked a path across the ocean that led to the next dungeon. I have to reiterate how exciting this moment was for me. This is where my childhood playthrough stalled out, and I was now breaking new ground and moving into the unknown. The Gaea Shrine was my next destination. This was another dungeon that was designed to be another brutal slog with eight floors of increasingly tough battles.…
Beyond The Beyond – PS1 Game Review
Beyond the Beyond was the first JRPG to land on western shores for the original PlayStation. It was also one of the very first games I ever played on that console. The game itself felt like an oddity, with towns, dungeons, and sprites that looked more at home on the Super Nintendo than on Sony’s much more powerful hardware. The battles tried to stand out with quasi-3D animations, 2D sprites clashing on a 3D battlefield, but it still felt stuck in the past. I still remember heading up to Family Video on a Friday night, hunting for something to play that weekend. Flipping through the limited PlayStation section, I was drawn in by…
Mistborn – Book Review
Warning: This post will contain MANY spoilers for Mistborn, the first book in the Mistborn series by Brandon Sanderson. This is more for my memory than a traditional review, so I will be going deep into plot points. I’ve been a huge fan of Sanderson’s books since I was introduced to him through the finishing of The Wheel of Time series. I’ve read through many of his series and I’m anxiously awaiting the finale of Skyward and the next book in the Stormlight Chronicles. However throughout this time I’ve never taken the time to read Mistborn. I just finished the first book in the series and I’m unsurprised with how much I love…