by Aaron N. Hall | Apr 8, 2023 | IMO, Movies, Video Games
Woo! Yah! Wahoo! You probably read that in his voice, didn’t you? Here we go again. Another video game movie. That means it’s time to roll our eyes and get the cheapest movie ticket we can because this one is probably gonna suck. Video game movies have a...
by Aaron N. Hall | Dec 11, 2021 | IMO, Nerd Culture, Video Games
It took months of prodding before my parents allowed me to get the original Halo for XBox. I was about fourteen at the time, a little angsty, a little irritating, growing up in a conservative and religious home where R-rated movies and M-rated video games were usually...
by Aaron N. Hall | Dec 4, 2021 | IMO, Video Games
Banjo-Kazooie reentered my life when I bought an XBox Series S and signed up for Game Pass. I was tickled to see that a remastered version was available on the library, especially since I had the game as a kid but never managed to beat it. But now I’m 30 years...
by Aaron N. Hall | Oct 2, 2021 | IMO, Video Games
Costco has a knack for convincing me to buy things I don’t need. I had been thinking for a while about getting the new XBox, especially with games looming over the horizon like Halo Infinite, Avowed, Starfield, and Elder Scrolls 6 (eventually). But I had told...
by Aaron N. Hall | May 29, 2021 | Books, IMO, Movies, TV, Video Games
Stories allow us to share our humanity. They help us feel a spectrum of emotions in a place that feels safe because they’re bound within the confines of fiction. This writer’s opinion is that a great story should serve a feast of emotions, ranging from...
by Aaron N. Hall | Nov 14, 2020 | Uncategorized, Video Games
Video games. What a monumental waste of time, right? Well, I have my reservations about that. From a storytelling standpoint, your boy A-A-Ron has actually been heavily influenced by video games. When I was first discovering my love of writing at a young age, the...