MICHAEL HIGHAM
@brazyazn
swag off the meter | 🇵🇭 | editor, host @ IGN | prev: senior editor/host @ GameSpot + Fanbyte | seen on Kinda Funny, Giant Bomb, CNET | former political consultant | salamat sa yong suporta!
deltarune ch 5 thread, plz mute if annoying and/or don’t want (minor) spoilers
i absolutely adore Pico Park, and Sonic Pico Park lowkey was my favorite thing at SGF - played eight levels and talked to the producer Shintaro Shimazu and Sonic man Takashi Iizuka briefly! How an Unlikely Sonic Collab Stole My Heart at Gaming’s Big Show: www.ign.com/articles/son...
And the Battle Begun 20th anniversary show, one of the most important albums in my life played front to back LIVE. i remember crying to it as a kid, being radicalized toward leftist politics where you care about people, and getting prepared for how my 20s and 30s would fuck me up. RXB forever.
one of my favorite parts is Hiroto Furuya basically saying they're the captains now and can make new games in the mold of what they grew up with when asked about this sort of turn-based RPG resurgence over the years; says he also sees that in Clair Obscur www.ign.com/articles/fin...
interview w/ Final Fantasy Resonance producer + director went up the other day! fun tidbits: - idea for Resonance started 6-7 years ago, dev time was much shorter - their love for FFV and it being their main influence - how Brave Exvius' story has been tweaked READ: www.ign.com/articles/fin...
my thoughts on Stranger Than Heaven's new combat system after playing it for about an hour: www.ign.com/articles/str... i know it's tiring to call everything that's slower, challenging "soulslike" but that *is* the vibe. also, while it's clunky imo i think the individual limb control stuff is neat
in addition to getting hands on with Stranger Than Heaven, i interviewed RGG studio head Masayoshi Yokoyama, and of course i asked about Tupac also asked about its historical context, ties to the Yakuza series, and exploration of being mixed race. www.ign.com/articles/str...
i went to Square Enix last month to play Final Fantasy Resonance for three hours! peep my latest hot exclusie! READ: www.ign.com/articles/fin... WATCH: www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cet1...