The Decline of the British Empire

(written in the spring of 2018) The rise and fall of great empires defines the history of our world. The boundaries of the world ebb and flow with their rise and descent. As various empires spread around the world, they left an impact that lasted for centuries, or perhaps even millennia as traces of their […]

Japan’s Development Following World War II: Early Industrial Revolution to Sustained Major World Power

(written in the autumn of 2017) The necessary road to travel to become a dominant nation is an unclear one. Each nation has different strengths and weaknesses. For much of history, the most important question is not when something happened, but why and how it happened. A country is not defined by the hand it […]

2016 Games of the Year

(I have been playing games for a while now. Yet, I only have two games of the year lists written going back two years to 2017. Going forward these lists will be retroactive. Any game released in 2016 is open to be listed even if played in the years after. If I played them that […]

Night In The Woods and the struggles of our time

I don’t think I have ever played a game quite like Night in the Woods. It is a truly fantastic experience that I regret took me over two years to play. While the actual gameplay is nothing special, it essentially boils down to walking around talking to people and interacting with things, there is such […]

2018 Games of the Year

(This post was originally written on Jan 15, 2019) Red Dead Redemption II – Red Dead Redemption II is fantastic in spite of some of its worst elements. The gameplay especially is about as basic as you could get from Rockstar with a clear desire from the development team to make the experience as cinematic as […]

2017 Games of the Year

(This post was originally written on Jan 16, 2018) Horizon Zero Dawn – I had a long debate with myself over what my favorite game was this year. Yet, when it came down to it, it was the consistency of how much I enjoyed the games. This year that was most certainly Horizon Zero Dawn. […]