Musings Don’t Look Up By Blake Hester • July 31st, 2024 When you tell people, “Don’t look up,” you essentially are telling them, “Don’t enjoy where you live.”
Musings The Everlasting Allure of the Shitty City By Blake Hester • April 25th, 2024 I feel like I’ve never truly cared about where I live, and as such, places have never felt truly comfortable. But I do care about Astoria, about New York.
The Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater Remake Feels Good Enough By Blake Hester • August 21st, 2020 So it’s a push and pull so far with Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater 1 + 2. When the game feels right, it feels right. And for the most part, that’s enough.
Musings The Last of Us Part II: Over and Over Again By Blake Hester • August 11th, 2020 Though it likely wasn’t their intent, Naughty Dog’s sequel hits the nail on the head when it comes to an unflinching portrayal of the cycle of addiction.
Musings The 120-Hour Goodbye By Blake Hester • July 7th, 2020 Persona 5 Royal provided Blake an escape from quarantine. But even in imaginary worlds, all good things come to an end.
Musings Legacy of Brutality By Blake Hester • June 12th, 2020 You know what they say: Friends that kill together, stay together.
Musings Persona 5 and the Eternal Classroom By Blake Hester • May 6th, 2020 Persona 5 is a glorious reminder that even if high school sucked, being a kid kinda ruled.
Musings Code Orange and the New Reality By Blake Hester • April 10th, 2020 Code Orange’s newest album feels like the group’s most cohesive product to date.
Musings Rock is Dead. Long Live the Dirty Nil. By Blake Hester • March 12th, 2020 The Dirty Nil, in just one 39 minute album, is more intelligent, interesting and fun than most classic rock out there.
Musings When in Hell, We Do Shots At the Bar By Blake Hester • January 14th, 2020 For something that marketed itself as a funny, drunken romp through hell, Afterparty sure feels a lot like an AA meeting.
