Epic Level Bard

Games are always getting bigger, in terms of graphics, gigabytes, etc. It's simply the nature of the beast. As our technology advances, so do our games. When I was in high school the open-world sandbox was still a relatively new concept. The biggest open world games that came out during my high school years were Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas and The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion. At the time, it was something of a novelty, now it's practically industry standard. Almost everything UbiSoft develops is open-world, Rockstar has continued to push the envelope with Grand Theft Auto V and Red Dead Redemption 2, and RPGs like The Witcher 3 and Horizon Zero Dawn have refined what an open-world RPG can b

Well, the biggest show in the history of television has finished after eight years, and nobody's happy. A lot of people have disliked this season so much that a petition to reshoot the entire thing has already reached one million signatures. Some outlets are calling the finale the worst ending of all time. It's not by the sole fact that it isn't Dexter, but I understand people's disappointment. You gotta give Game of Thrones fans this, they sure are passionate. Now I didn't hate this season, or even the finale, and I was (more or less) satisfied with the ending, but I do think the ending could have and should have been better than it was. Daenerys going full villain and Jon killing her to sa

So, how about that episode? Last week's episode was divisive, but this week was in a category all its own. A lot of people didn't like it, like, a LOT of people. Some fans were so angry that half a million people have signed a petition to have Season 8 redone with, and this is the quote, these are not my words, "competent writers." I won't lie, I think seasons 7 and 8 have felt rushed and both should have had 10 episodes each. That's only 7 more episodes in the long run, but it could have made all the difference. Because everything is happening at such a breakneck pace, time has lost its meaning. That said, while I will agree that last week's episode was bad, apparently, I'm in the minority

Hooboy, where to begin. It hasn't been a great week for Game of Thrones. Many people were unhappy with the final battle with the Night King and the White Walkers. I liked it, but I'll concede that the lighting was an issue, and then last week's episode hit a myriad of criticism for many reasons. Chief among them being the Starbucks cup that somehow no one caught, it went memetic almost immediately. Starbucks got a bunch of free publicity out of it, so I'm sure they're not complaining. Editing mistakes aside, this episode did have some serious issues when it came to the writing, with many characters making outright stupid decisions and others doing a complete 180 in characterization. Jon may

S P O I L E R S A H E A D Well the Battle for Winterfell is finally here, and I'd say we got off easy. I was honestly expecting way more character deaths. I'm seeing online that some people are upset that more characters didn't die, but I'm personally okay with it. That's because, while I'm expecting most of the remaining cast to perish, I don't want them to. I LIKE these characters. That said, the episode did feel a bit lacking in places. Now I realize how odd that sounds considering this is the biggest battle sequence ever put on film, and congratulations to the cast and crew for pulling that off. However, "The Long Night" follows what was one of the best written episodes of the show, and