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Final Fantasy XVI is My Game of the Year

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2023 is a good year of gaming for me. I had the chance to play five AAA games while catching up with my ever-endless backlog before the year’s conclusion. The Game Awards are fast approaching leaving me to reflect on those five $79.99 games for contender of game of the year (GOTY). Street Fighter 6 is a shoe-in for best fighter and Armored Core VI Fires of Rubicon snuck up on my expectations with its mecha greatness. Marvel’s Spider-Man 2 while great, left me with more criticism than praise. Truthfully, my mind was made up in June with my GOTY being Final Fantasy XVI.

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Creed III’s Marketed Rivalry is Conflicting

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I am a big fan of the first two Creed movies. Films that bounced off the Rocky franchise with a protagonist with his father’s legacy and dealing with mountainous physical and mental hardships. It combined explosive choregraphed fights and produced dramatic storytelling that made the Ryan Coogler films feel organic in its predecessor’s shadow. The third movie, while ambitious, does not resonate with me on its final product.

WARNING: This post features heavy spoilers because I lack the discipline to do a spoiler free thought. Maybe one day.

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Black Panther Wakanda Forever’s Lack of Black Panther

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The MCU’s last phase four movie, Black Panther: Wakanda Forever, left a mixed impression. Some declare it a mess while others sing the sequel’s praises. Nigel, you might remember him here, and I took the opportunity to watch it on a late Tuesday evening. Well, my first time watching it because Nigel saw it day one with his fresher than fresh comic book t-shirt.

Nigel’s Day One Premiere Attire
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Black Adam Movie is Faithful and Dumb

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Two weeks ago, I was adamant on not seeing Black Adam due to the horrible taste in my mouth from Thor: Love and Thunder. However, I went to see Hollywood staple, Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson in the new comic book movie. I went with Nigel, one of my best friends, who is more optimistic about comic book movies than my pseudo movie critic self. After watching it, DC’s latest movie is an entertaining ride but ultimately a dumb film. Way better than the MCU’s latest two attempts at movies.

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Website Update – Oct 2022

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Another year is passing through and coincidentally we are in time for another website update.

As most of you have seen, the updates for the blog are incredibly sporadic. I used to post on a bi-weekly basis but have slowed to months apart without writing anything. I do not regularly post updates on when the next article will be ready because it sounds impractical. Hyping up something before it is finished was never a practice I could use correctly. So instead, I finish my writing and post it when it is done.

With that excuse out of the way, this still points towards the lack of updates, and I offer a solution. A solution titled, QB Quick Thoughts. Self-branding ignored, these quick posts will center around 500 word or less posts. They will cover things that I have recently seen, played, or read. Potentially, they may involve upcoming projects that I may throw my proverbial two cents in. These types of posts will also be more contemporary with current events involving entertainment. They will be similar to my earlier month of anticipation posts but will be way less formal.

These quick thoughts will thankfully not be critiques. Simple ravings of a mad man who revels in overthinking on something that he has watched or played. I plan to stick to my personal motto of not becoming a critic because I could not imagine nitpicking a movie for every single scene and tear it down to give it a score. I tend to do it if verbally off the website but putting the energy to write in the lens of a critic would be annoying for me.

The quick posts are to fill in the gap for future essays about subjects that I care about. And hopefully about subjects you care about too. Short stories will make a return next year as well. I have the concepts that I want to write but of course when coming close to writing the story I get lazy, I mean, delve further into the outlining phase.

Overall, the objective for this blog remains the same. Writing about games, movies, anime, and other fictional entertainment will be the focus. The quick thoughts may have their own section in the future but overall serve as filler for the essays. I am terrible of advertising myself but cannot thank you all enough for taking the time to read my posts. I am excited for the future of writing for this website and appreciate all of you for sticking by my infrequent writing updates.

The Appeal of the Third Act of a Crime Film

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A sentence that I am fond of saying during 2022 is that I have watched Scarface for the first time. Not reflective of my opening, but this will not be a long-winded analysis of the widely acclaimed 1983 classic. This essay is to address a key section of crime dramas that hits with a formulaic precision regardless of the film, the third act. Relating to the eventual downfall of the characters/organization and twists that cement the finale is the movie’s strongest portion. Whether the gangster movie are classics like New Jack City or Goodfellas, the third act is where it counts. This is the period of the movie that cements its legacy because it illustrates how one can burn too bright.

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Jujutsu Kaisen is Perfect Fighting Game Material

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Anime to video game adaptations possess slim options. These adaptions are either developed into an arena battle fighter or a sandbox game to explore the anime’s universe. Shonen anime such as Naruto and Dragon Ball Z have maintained an immense library of games dedicated to the sub-genres. However, a rare occasion amongst the adaptations occurs when popular series are envisioned as fighting games. A 2D game with flashy visuals and fan service through an array of moves. I cannot think of a better series that translates better as a fighting game than Jujutsu Kaisen.

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Morbius Has Two Post Credit Scenes!?

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The theatrical release of Sony Picture’s Morbius has certainly… made a movie for awaiting Marvel fans. What was unexpected of the movie was having not one but TWO post credit scenes. The first scene depicting lethal vampire hunter, Blade, filing his taxes. After a two-minute credit reel, a second post credit scene revealed a bombshell. Morbius is the first Marvel movie to leak the upcoming roster for Capcom’s Marvel vs Capcom 4: Worlds Collide.

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Is Rollback Netcode the Answer for Fighting Games?

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Fighting games can die. At least, that is the illusion a community can paint without diligent care for a game. Our social media age can influence a gathering with a screenshot without context and pass as facts. In this case, fighting games that have suffered from the lack of smooth net code have always been dealt with growing fatigue. Sure, the game you are describing to your friends is fun but is it playable online? A haunting question that plagued the fighting game community (FGC) for years that has finally been exorcised. Rollback netcode is the future, but what will be of its longevity?

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Loose Cannons – Prologue

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An onyx-colored high-rise building stood in the lonely Tokyo night. The streets hummed below as the quiet covered the late hours of the night. Restaurants buzzed with patrons, the soaplands provided their hidden services, and the last train had long departed. Everything was routine on the streets. The building, however, resonated with an unseen massacre.

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