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  • Jan 30, 2024 | gamebias.wordpress.com | Jed Pressgrove

    by Jed PressgroveThe Best Year in Gaming History or: Eating a Filet Mignon at McDonald’s You might have read 2023 is one of the greatest years for video games or the best year of them all. You have maybe further noticed that the cited evidence for this claim involves a striking number of sequels* and remakes** — perhaps more sequels and remakes than you have ever seen acclaimed in a single year.

  • Dec 12, 2023 | gamebias.wordpress.com | Jed Pressgrove

    by Jed PressgroveAnd then I woke up. – Ed Tom Bell (played by Tommy Lee Jones), in the film No Country For Old Men. Tears of the Kingdom led me back to a feeling I had in 2017: an absence of heart. Not having heart is the ultimate game killer. “No más,” said Roberto Durán to the referee, ruining one of boxing’s most anticipated rematches. I understand Duran when I ponder how my time with Zelda has ended two games in a row.

  • Nov 13, 2023 | gamebias.wordpress.com | Jed Pressgrove

    by Jed PressgroveSince the release of Super Mario Bros. during the 1980s, Mario games have moved away from hard-nosed platforming and aesthetics that elicit a mixture of emotions, morphing into a franchise that peddles a smarmy brand of joy. Super Mario Bros. Wonder doesn’t alter this business plan. It frequently reflects the series’ evolution toward back-patting game design. The pandering in Super Mario Bros.

  • Sep 7, 2023 | gamebias.wordpress.com | Jed Pressgrove

    by Jed PressgroveThe shift from dungeons to shrines* in the The Legend of Zelda series smacks of creative convenience. Shrines give the developers freedom to throw in whatever puzzles or enemy encounters they want without overarching context. Everything in a dungeon, ideally, works together like the instrumentalists in an orchestra. However small the dungeon elements might be, they create something bigger than their sum. A dungeon needs vision. A shrine doesn’t.

  • Jun 11, 2023 | gamebias.wordpress.com | Jed Pressgrove

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Jed R Pressgrove
Jed R Pressgrove @jedpressfate
11 Jun 25

Brian Wilson wasn't my favorite Beach Boy (I side with Carl), but he was why the Beach Boys became far more than a surf rock band. Don't just listen to Pet Sounds. Albums like Wild Honey, Today!, and Love You are also wonderfully creative and heartfelt. A true genius. R.I.P.

Jed R Pressgrove
Jed R Pressgrove @jedpressfate
5 Jun 25

Walton followed by Drexler. Damian Lillard is embarrassingly overrated. Basketball involves more than shooting.

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5 Jun 25

RT @jedpressfate: Sinners relies on too many stupid horror movie ideas to be a good film, much less a masterpiece. Read my detailed review…