jwhhobbs22Jan 10, 20253 min readCharacter Analysis: Riza Hawkeye Riza Hawkeye being the Queen within her commander and partner Roy Mustang’s chess motif is an accurate analogy. The most visible,...
jwhhobbs22Jan 10, 20254 min readCharacter Analysis: Elric of MelnibonéThe embodiment of the addictive power, a moralistic parasite, a questioner. All Elric is, his physical, magical, even mental strength is...
jwhhobbs22Jan 10, 20254 min readCharacter Analysis: Wesley Wyndam-PryceWhile famous for irreverent comedy, blending a given demon of the week with quips and a tight cast, the transition from Buffy the Vampire...
jwhhobbs22Jan 10, 20259 min readCharacter Analysis: Benjamin SiskoThe greatest Commander, promoted to Capitan, from the series that aged best. Star Trek may have elected to forget Sisko and his crew...
jwhhobbs22Jan 10, 202512 min readCharacter Analysis: Viserys I (House of The Dragon)I’m glad Paddy Constantine got a leading role and found him not only a surprising choice, but knew he would be both the most divergent...
jwhhobbs22Jan 10, 20257 min readCharacter Analysis: Heather MasonIt’s very enjoyable to experience the journey of a teenage heroine that actually has something to offer in terms of investment and...
jwhhobbs22Jan 10, 20259 min readCharacter Analysis: Arrian Zorzi[Spoilers regarding the Fabius Bile series, and Horus Heresy arcs concerning the World Eaters and Emperor’s Children Legions will...
jwhhobbs22Jan 10, 20256 min readCharacter Analysis: Mr WeasleyOne of the most popular bumbling dads in modern fiction, Mr Weasley is a colourful and easy to envision character alongside the other...
jwhhobbs22Jan 10, 20253 min readCompanion Analysis: Dak’konIn many ways the Smouldering Corpse Bar, and the stationary figure of Dak’kon is an introduction to the Planescape: Torment ‘dialogue...
jwhhobbs22Jan 10, 20254 min readCompanion Analysis: Fall-from-Grace"I believe in Experience. I believe there is a truth to the multiverse... even if that truth is that there is no truth at all." Truth,...
jwhhobbs22Jan 10, 20254 min readAn Introduction to Planescape Torment:Planscape: Torment is a story devoted to presenting a vast philosophical concept: wisdom through contradiction. It has merit in gaming,...
jwhhobbs22Jan 10, 20254 min readKOTOR I Companion Analysis: Mission VaoIn a way, Mission Vao is only playable and a companion at all because of the abandonment and brutal nature of her world. She is a child...
jwhhobbs22Jan 10, 20254 min readKOTOR I Companion Analysis: Carth OnasiCarth Onasi is a soldier along for the ride, the moral barometer and most straightforward of the KOTOR Companions. Raphael Sbarge is an...
jwhhobbs22Jan 10, 20256 min readKOTOR I Companion Analysis: Canderous Ordo[The following article gives heavy spoilers for Knights of the Old Republic I and II.] We have discussed the character of Canderous...
jwhhobbs22Jan 10, 20254 min readAn Introduction to KOTOR IKnights of The Old Republic is a grand quest, more open in many ways than any successive effort to wander the Star Wars setting, and it...
jwhhobbs22Jan 10, 202513 min readKOTOR II Companion Analysis: Kreia II.“To believe in an ideal, is to be willing to betray it.” Much is made of her quote about betrayal, an interesting consideration of the...
jwhhobbs22Jan 10, 20258 min readKOTOR II Companion Analysis: Kreia I.[The following article gives heavy spoilers for Knights of the Old Republic I and II.] Last but not least, fittingly we come to the...
jwhhobbs22Jan 10, 20255 min readKOTOR II Companion Analysis: The Handmaiden[The following article gives heavy spoilers for Knights of the Old Republic I and II.] As with The Exile, The Disciple, The Twin Suns;...
jwhhobbs22Jan 10, 20258 min readKOTOR II Companion Analysis: Visas Marr[The following article gives heavy spoilers for Knights of the Old Republic I and II.] Visas Marr begins the game as a combatant and...