My Ring Fit Adventure in 2021

January 11, 2022

The Rampant Discourse staff have made several valiant attempts at sustaining an exercise regimine. None of them stuck around. Paul’s Xbox Fitness Challenge in 2016 had a single update at the two month mark before the service itself was killed by Microsoft. Paul’s P90x3 Challenge in 2017 had a single update at the one month mark before ending in disappointment (and hope). Paul’s 21 Day Fix Challenge in 2018 had…

Read More >>

100 Days of Nintendo Switch: The Games

April 20, 2021

It’s been 100 days since opening our family’s Nintendo Switch on Christmas 2020. In that time we’ve played over 25 games. That’s quite the uptick from my previous seven years when I was mostly absent from video gaming. In this article, I’ll give you my quick thoughts on each of those games. These are more personal reactions than full reviews, but it should give you a good view of my…

Read More >>

100 Days of Nintendo Switch: My Reflections

April 19, 2021

Sunday April 5, 2021 marked my family owning a Nintendo Switch for 100 days. Pretty soon we’ll be inundated with articles about Joe Biden’s first 100 days as president. So I figured I’d offer my thoughts on the first 100 days of owning my Nintendo Switch. Owning a Nintendo Switch has been momentous for me because it was the first video game console I have owned since the Xbox 360….

Read More >>

Why I Am Giving Up on Amazon’s Shipping

March 21, 2019

I chose to pre-order my latest video game fascination, Kingdom Hearts III, from Amazon. Like most games these days, there were competing pre-order bonuses from various retailers, and the Amazon bonus wasn’t that impressive, but I had no real desire for any of the others, either. So I chose the convenience of direct shipping to my house on release day, price match guarantee, and free shipping thanks to my Prime…

Read More >>

Kingdom Hearts III Was Worth the Wait

March 19, 2019

It is incredibly hard for a game as long-delayed and as much-hyped as Kingdom Hearts III to satisfy its fans. When Microsoft delayed and scaled back and delayed again Crackdown 3, it was obvious that the project was in trouble. And though the game has its fans, the general consensus has been, “Meh” at best. There is a kind of resigned sigh that goes through fans of games and series…

Read More >>

Firewatch: Flipping the Script?

October 24, 2018

SPOILER ALERT: Spoilers for Firewatch follows. Recently, while browsing video games, I noticed a game called Firewatch was on sale. I’m not sure what drew me to it, but I did a little research on the game. The reviews were largely glowing (including some who considered it one of the best games of the year), and so, completely on a whim, I decided to give it a try. I’m incredibly glad…

Read More >>

Become a Hellblade Angel

June 12, 2018

NinjaTheory, the game developer behind Enslaved: Odyssey to the West and the remake of Devil May Cry, developed and self-published a new game recently.  They called it Hellblade: Senua’s Sacrifice. This is not a particularly good title, but it is a remarkably good game.  They released the game first on the PS4 and on PC via Steam in August of 2017, so this is not particularly new.  But in April…

Read More >>

Dead Exit First Impressions Review

November 8, 2017

I had an opportunity to play Dead Exit a few days before its launch on the Xbox One platform. Dead Exit is a zombie-themed card game that feels very much like it could have been printed as a more traditional “board game” style of game with significant card mechanics. In Dead Exit, every card has two sides: the zombie side and the regular side. The regular side can be a…

Read More >>

Make the DC Universe Compelling Again: Injustice 2 Review

June 15, 2017

Injustice 2 has been out a couple weeks now, and I’ve finally gotten enough quality time with it to actually write a review. I was a big fan of the first game’s single player story mode and online play, and was feeling some good vibes about this game prior to its release. As far as the story mode goes, Netherrealm Studios (NRS) continues to deliver on making great narrative content…

Read More >>

What Mass Effect: Andromeda Got Wrong

May 17, 2017

SPOILER ALERT: Spoilers for all the Mass Effect games (particularly Andromeda) follow. For the past month or so, my free time has been dominated by Mass Effect: Andromeda. I’m a huge fan of the original trilogy, and consider them to collectively be well within my top 10 video games of all time. While the ending of Mass Effect 3 left a bit of a sour taste in my mouth (Indoctrination Theory…

Read More >>