So it’s been about two weeks since I finished Final Fantasy VII Remake.  Guess I’d better commit my thoughts to digital paper, huh?Here’s the burning question, asked (… Read More

Actually, let me rephrase that.  I’ve been playing Final Fantasy VII Remake, so much so that (I assume) the next time I sit down with it, I’m going to clear the game. … Read More

*buries face in hands**groans*All right, let’s hit it again, I guess.Read more » Read More

I never thought I’d have to use this blog to talk about what might as well be a plague, but…I’m going to use this blog to talk about what might as well be a plague. … Read More

I mean, granted, I didn’t try very hard.  But there was an attempt.Read more » Read More

Yep.  There’s no getting out of this one.Read more » Read More

Well, it’s been a while since I’ve done any ranting and rambling about my writing stuff.  I mean, given how many times I’ve griped about the works of others, it’… Read More

You know, I’ve got to hand it to Kingdom Hearts III.  Not only is it a game I still actively despise nearly a year after its release (to the letter, no less), but it’s also… Read More

Now, I’m not going to say that Omega Labyrinth Life is the best game of 2019 -- far from it -- but in some ways, it is among one of the most interesting I’ve played this year.&nb&hell…Read More

I can’t think of a lot of games that I’ve fallen for so quickly, but wouldn’t you know it?  Teppen is one of them.  And to think it’d not only be the very f… Read More

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So I’m six gyms deep into Pokémon Sword, and creeping up on the seventh.  I probably shouldn’t be, but here I am.  To think there was a time when I said I was pl… Read More

Death Stranding is the kind of game that’ll make you question what a game can, if not should, be.  The problem is that, if you’re anything like me, then you’ll be aski… Read More

Oh, look at what I found.  It’s a ticket for a trip to the salt mines once again.  No, it’s no problem at all, Sakurai and crew. Let me just get my helmet and gloves … Read More

I think I’ve found the perfect way to describe my feelings on Indivisible as of…huh.  Right around Halloween time.  Fancy that.It’s like this.  You know tho… Read More

So, Indivisible, huh? Hmmmm.  Hmmmm.  Hmmmm.I’ll be real: I don’t really know how I feel about this game right now.  I’d say that I need to put more tim… Read More

I know I should be using this space to talk about Indivisible some more, especially since I more or less implied that that was next on the docket.  But I’m shoving the docket asid… Read More

I’m not going to spend a bunch of time or write a lot of words about Indivisible right now, partially because I’ve barely had it for 24 hours as of writing and haven’t even… Read More

Hey, here’s a quick, early impressions post on Code Vein!  Because nothing says “Happy Halloween” like a “birthday” “present” “gifted&rdq&hell…Read More

Given that this blog is titled “Cross-Up”, you would think that I would have long ago reached a point where I would ask myself “Am I talking too much about fighting games l… Read More

So I tried playing some Street Fighter V to break in Poison, AKA the only character I could grab with the pittance of Fight Money I had on hand.  Plus it had been the first time I touch… Read More

Jeez Louise, Sakurai and crew are just NOT letting up with these big Smash Bros. Ultimate drops, are they?  Feels like I've only just gotten started with Hero, and no I've got to put hi… Read More

Having beaten the Blue Lions’ campaign in Fire Emblem: Three Houses, I can now confirm that I’m 33% qualified to talk about the game with some semblance of ethos.  Well, 33… Read More

You know, I was planning on doing another post on Super Smash Bros. Ultimate since Hero from Dragon Quest dropped not too long ago.  What I wasn’t planning on?  The fact that… Read More

Must…resist…urge to post about Fire Emblem: Three Houses…Must…resist…urge to post about Hero in Smash Ultimate…Must…write…post…… Read More

And here come Sakurai and Smash Bros. Ultimate, thwartin’ my plans like the madlads they are.Just as well, though.  Granted I was going to use this slot to talk more about Bloodst… Read More

So I finished Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night a couple of weeks ago, and…Well…Hmmmm.I feel like this is the kind of post that might make me a lot of enemies, so let me choose… Read More

*glares*Read more » Read More

I’ve been thinking of the best way to succinctly describe Samurai Shodown (2019) -- a way to summarize it in a way that’s accurate, entertaining, and gives me a 1% higher chance… Read More

June’s almost over, and for me this month has been uniquely terrible.Read more » Read More

The crux of this post is going to depend on whether or not you consider Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night to be an indie game.  I do, basically, since Kickstarter helped it exist (resou… Read More

It was either a post on the Final Fantasy VII Remake -- or the first part of it, at least -- or another one on Smash Ultimate.  Trust me, it was a dead heat right up to the finish line… Read More

So I haven’t touched Mortal Kombat 11 in a solid month, and I think I know why.Well, besides me constantly seeking power and/or revenge in online matches of Smash Ultimate.  One d… Read More

So I beat Emerald Weapon for the first time in my life (and a good 22 years after other gamers had long since succeeded).  Might as well use this time to talk about Final Fantasy 7 to c… Read More

Okay, Marvel Studios.  You can stop now.There are going to be as many Avengers: Endgame spoilers as I can think of following the jump, so watch out.  Then again, I assume that if y… Read More

Well, I guess I might as well break the mold and talk about a niche, relatively obscure indie film that I just managed to see through one very specific venue twenty miles out from my locale… Read More

Before I begin, I’d like to take a moment to admit that -- as of this writing -- I have “Devil Trigger”, “Subhuman (Game Edit)”, and “Crimson Cloud”… Read More

So in my world, there’s no better reason to declare a state of emergency than having your PC suddenly and abruptly die on you.Which to be fair, I only just learned about.  Talk ab… Read More

So Super Smash Bros. Ultimate has been out for months now, and I still haven’t unlocked Elite Smash yet.On one hand, I’m okay with that because I have enough trouble with the ran… Read More

Well, it’s 2019 and I still hate DmC: Devil May Cry.  All things considered, I’m okay with that.When on I dance it’s not overWeave right through to get closerLike a si… Read More

Expectation: Take advantage of time zone shenanigans to play as Joker in Super Smash Bros. Ultimate on April 16th, 2019Reality: Play as Joker in Super Smash Bros. Ultimate after se… Read More

I love how the timing for this is both amazing and awful.Read more » Read More

I don’t know what’s worse -- the fact that this is the second time I’ve thought to write this post, or the fact that (thanks to Final Fantasy 7, of all things) I feel like… Read More

Vergil: Why do you refuse to gain power?  The power of our father, Sparda?Dante: Father?  *laughs*  I don’t have a father.  I just don’t like you, that&r&hell…Read More

I’m going to take a shot in the dark and assume that that is certainly not the case.  I pretty much have to, since I’m working under the assumption that even the biggest of… Read More

This is a weird feeling.  Usually when I bring up Final Fantasy on this blog, it’s to let my scorn and rage flow forth unimpeded.  In the wake of the Switch port of Final Fan… Read More

One day I need to have a talk with my brother about his penchant for impulse buys.  Like, I’m not about to tell him how to spend his money, but him grabbing One Piece: World Seeke… Read More

Never thought I’d see the day.It kind of makes sense, though.  If you blur your eyes a little, then coat them with Vaseline, put on a blindfold made of thumb tacks, and dip your h… Read More

As eager as I am to write about Devil May Cry V some more -- and Kingdom Hearts III, I guess -- I can’t gorge on those two games all the time. Not that those two games are in the same… Read More

When I finished Devil May Cry V, I was frustrated.  Not because I didn’t like the game, oh no.  Of course not; as a wise man once said, I’m absolutely crazy about it. … Read More

Yes, I am very much aware of the controversy surrounding Captain Marvel.  Here’s my one-sentence take on it.  Ready?*deep breath*Brie Larson had the right intentions but… Read More

At the time of this writing, I’m about two and a half hours past clearing Devil May Cry V.  What did I think of it?  What a mystery.  If only there was a blog post title… Read More

So from what I’ve heard, we’ve recently hit the halfway point of JoJo Part 5.  Having caught up (give or take an episode), let me say this to start:Huh.So that’s how t… Read More

What a frustrating situation.I want to talk about Devil May Cry V so much.  So much.  But the game’s not out yet, and won’t be for (as of writing) a few days.  Wha… Read More

Hey, guys!  Have you heard about this sick new game called Dark Souls?  I’m not that far into it, but it seems really great -- lots of challenge, and exploration, and adventu… Read More

So I got a Top 11 finish in Tetris 99, and I thought “I’m not gonna beat that one for a while.  Time to test my luck in Street Fighter V.”Which, to be clear, is a… Read More

Am I seriously about to do a post on friggin’ Tetris?  What timeline is this?  And why am I so okay with it, even if it means I may have potentially jettisoned my original ti… Read More

Not that game.  God no.  Well, not now at least.I guess it’s more of a metaphorical game than anything.  And by “metaphorical” I mean “this blog&r&hell…Read More

So I had to put my dog to sleep, and it got me thinking about Kingdom Hearts III.  As it should.Read more » Read More

“I’m not saying [Kingdom Hearts III] is the game of the year.  But it’s inching toward that point.  Slowly.”--Me, last week“Okay, yeah, no, this is no… Read More

What a long and strange road it’s been.  But now it’s over.It’s here.  It’s finally here.Kingdom.  Hearts.  III.Let’s go… Read More

Anybody else getting heart palpitations over the impending, full release of Kingdom Hearts III?  I know I am.Hard to believe that the day’s almost here -- less than a week, by the… Read More

All right, let’s cut straight to the artery of this thing.  The official title is Kingdom Hearts 0.2 Birth by Sleep: -A fragmentary passage-, but I’m never going to call it… Read More

Before I do anything else, I’m going to say some nice things about the story in Kingdom Hearts: Dream Drop Distance.  Because despite everything else in summation rivaling a Class… Read More

Let’s start 2019 off right [citation needed] -- with a big dumb post on Kingdom Hearts: Dream Drop Distance.  Because we’re less than a month away from the fated release of… Read More

So I’m trying to decide whether Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse is better than, worse than, or equal to Homecoming, but in the grand scheme of things it doesn’t really matter… Read More

Hey, welcome back to another post on my newfound crack addiction.I had a friend come over recently, and he asked me what I thought of Smash Bros. Ultimate.  My answer, without hesitatio… Read More

You know, I had a feeling this would happen.Don’t misunderstand right off the bat; it’s not as if I’m about to say “Super Smash Bros. Ultimate is a huge disappointmen… Read More

Now, I’m not saying that My Hero Academia is the best shonen manga/anime in the history of the genre and demographic -- or if not that, then at least in recent years -- buuuuuuuuuuuuuu… Read More

It doesn’t take much for me to point out the biggest fault in The MISSING: that at the end of the day, it’s let down by the quality of its gameplay.That isn’t to say it&rsq&hell…Read More

Now, I don’t want to oversell the game, but let me say this about The MISSING: J.J. Macfield and the Island of Memories. Its greatest sin is that it released in the same year and quart… Read More

So I had a moment the night before I went to vote.Read more » Read More

Hmm.  Let’s see.  I could do another relevant, incisive, and heartfelt post on politics.  Or, alternatively, I could dump all over a franchise that’s way too easy… Read More

How to become a Game of the Year 2018 contender instantly -- irrespective of actual game quality or even a full release -- as explained by Super Smash Bros. Ultimate.Step One: KILL EVERYONE… Read More

Is Smash Bros. Ultimate out yet?No?*sigh* Fine.  Let’s talk about politics some more.Read more » Read More

I mean, technically I already got my vote in (based early voting), but it builds a sense of rapport if I say “let’s go vote”.Read more » Read More

The MISSING: J.J. Macfield and the Island of Memories ranks as one of the most spiteful purchases I’ve ever made.Granted, I’d been leaning toward a purchase for a good while. &nb&hell…Read More

Wow.  Soul Calibur VI has a distinction I never thought I’d reach -- an award I never thought I’d give out.  Certainly, it’s a good game; fast, furious, and fun… Read More

So the new Call of Duty is out, huh?Hmmm.  Hmmm.Now the serpent was more crafty than any of the wild animals the Lord God had made. He said to the woman, “Did God r… Read More

I’ve long since thought of the perfect way to sum up my feelings about Octopath Traveler in terms of its gameplay (if you want story thoughts, go here instead).  The problem is th… Read More

It’s been about three months since Octopath Traveler came out, and…I have mixed feelings.I’m still playing the game, so that’s something.  I’ve logged mor… Read More

I’m not going to make any bold forecasts into the future and pass them off as prophecies, but if I had to guess?  Mega Man 11 is going to end with either the Square button on my P… Read More

Remember, kids: always get a good night’s rest.  Otherwise your brain will start eating itself.I know that sounds like something out of some B-movie schlock (it IS October, after… Read More

Man, October 19th can’t get here soon enough.  I didn’t get to play a lot of the Soul Calibur VI beta, but I got some hours in -- and that taste test has me hungry for… Read More

Alternate post title: That Time I Almost Gave Up On Fighting GamesRead more » Read More

Well, it was either this, or another post on politics.  And nobody cares about that, right?  Everything’s fine and dandy, with America on the upswing.  We can trust ever… Read More

So I’m committed to the title of this two-parter (I pretty much have to, since there’s one already in the books), but there’s a question that needs to be answered. At the e… Read More

It was either this, or another post on Marvel’s Spider-Man.  And come on, nobody cares about that stinker.  That garbage is headed straight to the bargain bin.It’s a su… Read More

Okay, so I know I already did a couple of posts a few months back explaining that I still like Kingdom Hearts despite everything.  I mostly stand by what I said back then.  Bu… Read More

All right, I’m going to make this as quick a post as I can.  Why?  Because the sooner I finish, the sooner I can play more Marvel’s Spider-Man.  The Emissary from… Read More

Don’t be fooled by the title.  Even though SNK Heroines: Tag Team Frenzy just came out (as of writing), this isn’t a post on that.  How could it be?  Until it adds… Read More

You know every so often I’ll mention that my brother was the inspiration was behind a post?  This is more than one of those times.  This is peak “thank my brother for t… Read More

I want to start this off by saying, yes, I like My Hero Academia.  I like it a lot.I’m not just saying that because it’s popular, or because other people like it.  This… Read More

It seems like the only time I consistently play Overwatch is when there’s an event that gives me a chance to deck out my girl Mercy with some stylin’ new threads.  Most of t… Read More

Like I said before, not every post on this blog can be about My Hero Academia.  Kingdom Hearts, maybe.  But every so often I need a chaser.  So let’s go ahead and do thi… Read More

Proving that EVO lasts all year here on Cross-Up, here’s…something that is distinctly not tied to any currently-released or upcoming fighting game.  But the blog is called… Read More

You know what?  There’s a version of My Hero Academia out there in another dimension, locked deep within the darkest confines of the multiverse, where Midoriya never got his Quirk… Read More

Alternate post title: Don’t You Just Love it When One Mistake Made Weeks Ago Ends Up Invalidating the Weeks of Work That Follow?Okay, maybe that wouldn’t be much of an alternate… Read More

There’s a lot to talk about and discuss with Super Smash Bros. Ultimate, but lately there’s one thing that’s been on my mind above all else: is Sakurai going to be okay aft… Read More

Well, I didn’t think I’d be doing this again so soon.  But since every fighting game company under the sun decided to drop megaton after megaton within the past few days … Read More