Sorrel Kerr-Jung

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Articles

Final Fantasy VII Rebirth's ending is perfect because it isn't quite perfect

May 5, 2024 | rpgsite.net | Sorrel Kerr-Jung

Aerith Gainsborough dies in the Forgotten Capital. It’s one of those moments that everyone who’s ever played a video game knows about. It’s this medium’s “Rosebud was the sled,” “Soylent Green is people,” “the planet of the apes was the planet of the humans.”Advertisement. Keep scrolling for moreIt’s the type of plot twist that’s become so ubiquitous in the broader culture that it completely overshadows similarly momentous beats in the same story.
Sorrel’s Side Quests: ‘Buckshot Roulette’ is a great time if you love bad vibes

Jan 24, 2024 | thepostathens.com | Sorrel Kerr-Jung

Every so often, I’ll stumble into a game with almost no expectations. Usually, it’s because a single screenshot caught my eye on social media. That’s exactly what happened with Mike Klubnika’s breakout indie game, Buckshot Roulette. At first glance, it looks an awful lot like Inscryption — one of my favorite games of the last few years — but it’s not an entirely unfair comparison.
Sorrel’s Side Quests: My 2023 game of the year is…

Jan 16, 2024 | thepostathens.com | Sorrel Kerr-Jung

The game-of-the-year conversation is tired at this point. Geoff Keighley’s disastrous Game Awards came and went in December with a few comments from developers, no mention of the year’s industry-wide mass layoff problem and a couple of grueling hours of advertisements. Outside of the Keighley-Sphere, just about everyone has picked a favorite title of their own. Generally speaking, it’s one of the three big ones: Alan Wake 2, The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom or Baldur’s Gate 3.
Sorrel’s Side Quests: ‘Paranormasight: The Seven Mysteries of Honjo’ is a quiet Halloween hit

Oct 25, 2023 | thepostathens.com | Sorrel Kerr-Jung

I find it extremely difficult to talk about Paranormasight: The Seven Mysteries of Honjo. The horror-tinged occult mystery visual novel is one of my favorite games of the year, but explaining what makes it so special inherently takes away some of its strength. It is a title that lives and dies on its novelty, and mentioning any of its most compelling twists robs it of its potent ability to surprise. Luckily, novelty is not the only thing Paranormasight has to offer.
Sorrel’s Side Quests: ‘Super Mario 3D World’ is a little odd, but it’s ‘Mario’ through and through

Oct 15, 2023 | thepostathens.com | Sorrel Kerr-Jung

A decade after its original release on the Wii U, "Super Mario 3D World" remains something of an anomaly in the long lineage of “Mario” games. Unlike its home console predecessors, the "Super Mario Galaxy"duology, or its successor, "Super Mario Odyssey," "3D World" has no cohesive aesthetic or central gimmick. Unlike nearly every other 3D entry in the series, it is a level-based game with a pretty obvious straight line from the beginning to the end of every level.
Sorrel’s Side Quests: Horror movies used to terrify me. Now they're comforting

Oct 9, 2023 | thepostathens.com | Sorrel Kerr-Jung

I’ve picked up a few Halloween traditions over the years. There are some that are relevant to this column’s usual subject matter – most Octobers will see me replaying “Spooky’s Jumpscare Mansion,” and I always like to start and complete a brand new horror game – but the one I love the most is the list. I’m referring to my personally curated list of 31 creepy, crawly, spooky, scary and otherwise seasonally appropriate films. Every night in October, I watch one movie from the list.
Sorrel’s Side Quests: ‘Five Nights at Freddy’s’ was great until it wasn’t

Oct 1, 2023 | thepostathens.com | Sorrel Kerr-Jung

This month, a movie will be released that seems to be at least half a decade late to its own party. That movie is “Five Nights at Freddy’s,” a long-in-development horror film based on the 2014 video game of the same name. The long-awaited (or maybe dreaded) arrival of the “Five Nights at Freddy’s” movie got me thinking about what exactly happened to FNaF. Over the last nine years, Five Nights at Freddy’s has become something of a shining example of what not to do with a breakout hit.
Sorrel’s Side Quests: ‘Final Fantasy VII: Ever Crisis' strips the game out of the greatest game ever made

Sep 25, 2023 | thepostathens.com | Sorrel Kerr-Jung

It would not be an exaggeration to call Final Fantasy VII one of the most important video games ever made. The adventures of Cloud Strife and co. have left an undeniable impact that can be felt in not just every modern RPG but, for better or for worse, nearly every modern game. Its cinematic storytelling, dense and complicated worldbuilding, expansive map and rich build-crafting set a standard that is still being chased nearly 30 years later.
Sorrel’s Side Quests: ‘Final Fantasy VII: Ever Crisis’ strips the game out of the greatest game ever made

Sep 17, 2023 | thepostathens.com | Sorrel Kerr-Jung

It would not be an exaggeration to call Final Fantasy VII one of the most important video games ever made. The adventures of Cloud Strife and co. have left an undeniable impact that can be felt in not just every modern RPG but, for better or for worse, nearly every modern game. Its cinematic storytelling, dense and complicated worldbuilding, expansive map and rich build-crafting set a standard that is still being chased nearly 30 years later.
Sorrel’s Side Quests: Insomniac’s Spider-Man is a Menace

Sep 11, 2023 | thepostathens.com | Sorrel Kerr-Jung

The opening minutes of “Marvel’s Spider-Man,” Insomniac Games’ flashy 2018 blockbuster, are pretty great. The camera pans over Peter Parker’s apartment, littered with dirty dishes, unpaid paper bills, and half-finished crime-fighting gadgets. The game seamlessly transitions from cinematic cutscene to gameplay as Peter pulls on the Spider-Man suit, and begins swinging through Insomniac’s breathtaking re-creation of Manhattan and cracking jokes.