“Clock Tower” is a necessary step in the history of horror video games, still influential but not exempt from previous influences. Taking as reference the Italian horror cinema and the slasher, this game marked the survival horror without even belonging to the genre, but… Is it good as an adventure game? If you like these and other blog posts and want them to continue, please consider donating via https://ko-fi.com/henriquelage or contributing as a Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/henriquelage where you can get early access to the texts and vote for upcoming posts. Chek out also my Youtube channel (with English subtitles).

Faced with the anxiety of existentialism, the cure of love: a happy ending. Or not? “The Song of Saya” is a visual novel written by Gen Urobuchi that exposes a terrifying story of loss of humanity that accompanies the player himself. What if “keep playing” means condemning humanity? What drives us to seek “true endings”? If you like these and other blog posts and want them to continue, please consider donating via https://ko-fi.com/henriquelage or contributing as a Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/henriquelage where you can get early access to the texts and vote for upcoming posts. Chek out also my Youtube channel (with English subtitles).

One of the most dangerous and grotesque games ever made. It is time to talk about violence in video games and our role in perpetuating other invisible violence. If you like these and other blog posts and want them to continue, please consider donating via https://ko-fi.com/henriquelage or contributing as a Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/henriquelage where you can get early access to the texts and vote for upcoming posts. Chek out also my Youtube channel (with English subtitles).

The “Castlevania” saga can be separated into two distinct parts: the classicvania, and the Igavania, after “Castlevania: Symphony of the Night”. However, “Castlevania: Bloodlines” was the last of the classicvania and the only game developed for SEGA, which allowed it to make the most of its creativity and technological power. If you like these and other blog posts and want them to continue, please consider donating via https://ko-fi.com/henriquelage or contributing as a Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/henriquelage where you can get early access to the texts and vote for upcoming posts. Chek out also my Youtube channel (with English subtitles).

It took me six years to finish ‘Dark Souls’. But the important thing is that I finished it. And this is what I’ve learned. A video review about a long and hard journey that, however, turns out to have been the most important thing in all this time. If you like these and other blog posts and want them to continue, please consider donating via https://ko-fi.com/henriquelage or contributing as a Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/henriquelage where you can get early access to the texts and vote for upcoming posts. Chek out also my Youtube channel (with English subtitles).

My first experience with “Kingdom Hearts”, 20 years after its release: Does it stand the test of time without nostalgia in its midst? Can there be something of its own in a story that combines cameos from two big companies promoting themselves? Let’s explore to see if there is something of substance in an extremely popular universe that was born from the clash between two different universes to create something new.

Mario’s first RPG adventure was to establish part of his lore in a complete story, but it also caused a rift between Squaresoft and Nintendo and was Mario’s last appearance on SNES. How is this game perceived today? If you like these and other blog posts and want them to continue, please consider donating via https://ko-fi.com/henriquelage or contributing as a Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/henriquelage where you can get early access to the texts and vote for upcoming posts. Chek out also my Youtube channel (with English subtitles).

Are video games a waste of time? Yes, but that’s good. And no game exemplifies that better than “Flower, Sun & Rain”, installment of Suda51’s long-running “Kill The Past” saga that used the guise of a visual novel with math puzzles to reflect on the video game medium and its function in the most punkish way possible. Welcome to a paradise that you will never be able to leave. If you like these and other blog posts and want them to continue, please consider donating via https://ko-fi.com/henriquelage or contributing as a Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/henriquelage where you can get early access to the texts and vote for upcoming posts. Chek out also my Youtube channel (with English subtitles).