A Self-Proclaimed Dreamer

 Hey friends! Last year, we got the remake of a little Wii game that delved into the history of Disney animation, theme parks, and even merchandise. I'm of course referring to Epic Mickey , which was redone in last year's  Epic Mickey: Rebrushed . I got the game pretty much right away, but I've been pretty busy recently, so I didn't have a chance to play through it again until pretty recently. It's still just as great as I remember it, and I'm excited to be able to write about it, and especially in a way that may actually be better than the original experience! I'll go over that a bit today as we travel to the world of the Wasteland to help a certain Lucky Rabbit, and redeem a beloved character lost to time. First, Time For a History Lesson...     Walt Disney didn't start right away with Mickey Mouse and his own company, his career as an animator began with Universal, and Oswald the Lucky Rabbit. Walt and Ub Iwerks worked together on the concept for Osw...

 Hey friends! Did you see any of the Microsoft event the other day? Honestly I don't think anyone really remembered that it was going to happen, and really this company in particular has probably the worst presentation design out of the big 3. It's really more about the style than the substance, especially since they only focused on 4 games (with a 5th one being shadowdropped). Of the 4 games that they talked about, I guess it's pretty worth getting into, with two of them being some that I'm interested in, and the other two being at least curious about. I have to say once again that Xbox Game Pass is a really great deal, even though Microsoft have been doing some more shady things with the pricing recently, such as getting rid of the Xbox Gold Membership to make everyone have to be subscribed to Game Pass in some capacity, which really just seems like a numbers game for them. That's beside the point, of course. Today I'm going to discuss the 4 games that were di...

 Hey friends, last week, I went off on a bit of a rant about the dangers of unchecked rumormongering, so this week I'm going to talk about some of the details about the Switch 2. It was officially announced last week, along with a short trailer that showed the system off along with the first game, which looks to be Mario Kart 9 . This has been a weird week, so let's just jump into it a bit today. It's About Time!     Nothing was all that surprising this time around, especially since, as I mentioned last week, the leaks have been ridiculous the last few months from different retailers and accessory companies. We knew that the new console was going to look more or less like the Nintendo Switch, but a little bit bigger. We still don't know anything about the specs of this new machine, but we at least know what it looks like, which is exciting. The now larger Joy-Cons snap onto the sides of this new console using magnets, the screen is bigger than the original model (or the...

     Hey friends, if you're anything like me, it's a little hard to switch gears between vacation and work mode, so a lot of the past few days, I've felt like I just didn't accomplish all that much. Today I would just like to take a little time and give a few thoughts on this phenomenon, and also just talk about my own mindset for a little bit. I hope that's alright with you all, and let's jump into it! What To Think About?     I understand that everyone works on their own schedule, and that there is no objective "right way" to do things, but especially when that schedule changes, it can feel weird to get back to what you were doing. I've said many times that the hardest part of keeping up this blog every week is just coming up with some new topic to write about. Sometimes it goes really well, and I have a streak of posts or news stories that I have enough to write on, such as if there's a Nintendo Direct or something like that, but many times,...

 Hey friends! So just a few weeks ago, I wrote a little post about the second Sonic The Hedgehog movie, even though it came out over two years ago. That's not very fast, if you ask me. Sonic would not be impressed at all, because he's gotta go fast. In that spirit, I decided to go ahead and write about Sonic the Hedgehog 3 , which just came out a few weeks ago. Very rarely will I go see a movie on the day that it comes out, but this was one that I was really excited for and wanted to see as soon as possible. I still haven't seen the Mufasa movie, which means that I've been shunned from the different Disney clubs right now, but that's not the point. This week I want to talk a bit about the Blue Blur, and what his third theatrical outing has in store for him! I'll do my best to stay away from plot spoilers, but if you've played Sonic Adventure 2 , or are at least familiar with the story, you'll know what to expect.     The third movie begins with a lot o...

      Hey friends, I don't know about you, but this year has been really busy in a lot of ways. Lots of new games coming out (as well as remasters of some old classics), new movies and series are seemingly coming faster and more frequently than ever. Next year is no exception to this rule, and even as I write this, I'm already anticipating some of the cool new things that we'll be getting in 2025. I'm going to lay it out right now, and we'll see just how things end up when the new year does roll around. I'm not going to comment any on the allegedly leaked specs of the new "Switch 2," but I am definitely going to be talking about the games that will hopefully be included on the new system. I hope you're as excited for the new year as I am, and let's talk a bit about the new stuff! Lots in store!     I'm not going to be talking about things in chronological order I don't think, but if it happens that way, then that'll be fine. First I...