Here's the Thing I Don’t Want to Live in Midgar Anymore By Rob Rich • May 20th, 2026 Midgar is an example of corporate greed run amok that wasn’t supposed to act as a blueprint, but it kinda has been.
Here's the Thing I Live for the A-HA Moment By Rob Rich • April 16th, 2026 Outside of rewarding exploration the best feeling in a videogame is the “A-HA!” moment. Something many games lack but several (both old and new) still have in spades.
Here's the Thing I Can’t Stop Thinking About Pathologic 2 By Rob Rich • March 12th, 2026 The fact that a videogame can make me think about these kinds of dilemmas on both a moral and mechanical level is utterly fascinating.
Here's the Thing I Hate What Achievements Have Become By Rob Rich • February 13th, 2026 I don’t hate achievements as a concept, or dislike when they’re in games. What I do hate is how they’re sometimes viewed as a necessity.
Here's the Thing Grief and the Importance of Letting Go By Rob Rich • January 20th, 2026 A trio of disparate games with surprisingly similar themes, and how sometimes the better end game choice is to let things go.
Here's the Thing “But She’s Got a New Hat!” By Rob Rich • December 17th, 2025 It’s not a new pattern of behavior or anything, but Rob is… just… so sick and tired of seeing “company bad” one week and then “new thing from company!” the next.
Here's the Thing I’m Having a Bad Time (and Loving it) By Rob Rich • November 13th, 2025 While on a “classic Fromsoft” binge of the King’s Field series, Rob finally returns to Shadow Tower’s exceptionally hostile halls – and having a great bad time.
