Yeah, it’s that time again!  Time to pretend I know what I’m talking about when it comes to fighting ga- I mean, welcome to EVO 2018!  …I say, even though I… Read More

Let me jump ahead of any comments and say this: when asked by my brother what I think of God of War (2018), my response was “Yeah, s’pretty good.”  Admittedly my conce… Read More

If you want to know what I think of the latest God of War (and I’m not sure why you would), then let me say this to start: I’m not a God of War fan.  I touched the firs… Read More

Title says it all.  But since this is me we’re talking about, I’ve got to make use of this virtual space somehow.  Luckily, I’ve got more to talk about than just… Read More

I’ll start this off by saying that I picked Ophilia as my main character in Octopath Traveler -- in the demo, which carried over to the full game.  I’m not regretting my cho… Read More

Hello, and welcome once again to Cross-Up, your one stop shop for dozens of Kingdom Hearts posts all sorts of posts on video games, movies, TV shows, and more.  And in this case, … Read More

Hey, how’s it going?  Let’s talk about female characters again -- up to and including female character designs.Let’s get to it.  Right after I whack this beehive… Read More

Would it be too untoward of me to use the meme of the month…okay, last month…ish…to summarize the mission of this series of posts as well as artificially generate hype t… Read More

Alternate post title: Do it for Her, Even if it’s the Stupidest Thing EverRead more » Read More

Akihiko, you wanna take this one?*hurriedly links to relevant video*Ah, yes.  That’ll do.It's been a while since the first post on the subject, so let’s not delay any longer… Read More

So Mario Tennis Aces has forced me to endure one of the greatest existential crises I’ve had in a while: it made me realize I’m really bad at tennis.Read more » Read More

I don’t think there was ever any doubt that we would get Dead or Alive 6; the question was when.  Things looked grim for a while, considering that Koei Tecmo/Team Ninja dropped fu… Read More

*sigh*Read more » Read More

Hmmm.  Let’s see.  I could either do a post on a really good game, or I can try and stay relevant by writing about current gaming trends.  Hey, what’s going on wit… Read More

Now, I'm not going to say that I'm in the middle of the Suffering Arc of my life, because A) it's not THAT bad, and B) I don't want to jinx myself, buuuuuuuuuuuuut...man, it'd be a pretty ap… Read More

I just love how this started off as a joke post, then became a hypothetical Top 10 list of worlds that need to show up in Kingdom Hearts III (which would cap off with a joke), and finally mo… Read More

Alternative post title: The "Well, That's Unfortunate" Mini-Arc.Well, there's no other way around it this time.  I've had some of my stuff IRL break down on me -- not my computer, thank… Read More

I mean, I’m pretty sure that’s obvious to anyone that’s been playing the game since the original Wii U release (God rest your noble soul), but as you know, I’m always… Read More

With BlazBlue: Cross Tag Battle right around the corner, I was thinking of convincing my brother that RWBY was worth a closer look -- as compared to no look at all.  Granted I knew I ha… Read More

Welcome back to Cross-Up, your number one stop for Kingdom Hearts posts, lore, content, and of course, those killer strats!  Be sure to give that Follow button a click, and like me on … Read More

For the record: yes, I know that there’s new footage of Kingdom Hearts III, yes, I’ve seen it, and yes, I think it’s good.  I thought about doing a post on it immediat… Read More

So I finished Kingdom Hearts 2.8, and to say that I have mixed feelings would be an understatement the size of a blue whale on steroids.Read more » Read More

With each passing day, we come one step closer to the grand, global debut of our lady and savior, Blake Belladonna.  Yea, verily, BlazBlue: Cross Tag Battle is soon to be delivered upon… Read More

I was going to give this Avengers: Infinity War post a subtitle that made a none-too-subtle reference to Bleach, but then I realized that that in itself would have constituted a spoiler from… Read More

Prior to watching Avengers: Infinity War, I learned something about Thanos thanks to my brother.  Apparently, back in the days of Marvel vs. Capcom 2 (among other crossover titles)… Read More

I’ve been thinking about this before I started playing Kingdom Hearts 3D the other day, but now that I’m back in, I feel like I have to ask:Is it just me, or is Sora the cause of… Read More

I don’t understand how this anime can even exist.…Is the line I would use to start this post if I hadn’t done that twice already in the past.  In all honest… Read More

Alternate post title: I Still Like Kingdom Hearts, Despite Itself.…Part 1.Read more » Read More

*looks at God of War 4**looks at Yakuza 6**narrows eyes*Video games?  We need to talk.Read more » Read More

I thought of something else I like about Emu from Kamen Rider Ex-Aid: his ability to bring disparate (and routinely awful) people together for a good cause.  That’s probably not a… Read More

I wonder if anyone will ever notice that I called all of the Offense heroes in Overwatch “Attack” heroes instead.  Whoops!  I mean, I could change that with a few minut… Read More

Well, I didn’t think I’d be doing another post on Overwatch so soon.  And by soon I mean, what, at least six months since the last one?  Eh, it’s fine.  With… Read More

You guys, I’m sorry.  I’m so sorry.I don’t know why it took me this long to start playing NieR: Automata in earnest, but now I am, and I like it a lot, and it’s… Read More

Here’s a friendly PSA for any anime fans reading this: Gundam Build Divers is out and about online, and you can watch it for free either on Crunchyroll or via the GundamInfo chann… Read More

Oh yeah, I played Fortnite that one time.  Guess it’s time to do a post on it.Read more » Read More

So Kamen Rider Ex-Aid might have the biggest time paradox I’ve ever personally seen.Main character Emu may start the show as a medical intern, but he’s also the “genius gam… Read More

It was a coin flip between putting “Writer’s” in quotes or not, given that the same qualifier could be applied to me.  But there are times when I like to pretend I hav… Read More

I’m a little miffed right off the bat, because there was a Zero Punctuation video with a subject that was perfect for this Black Panther post -- but I can neither find nor recall where… Read More

Logic dictates that I use this slot in the schedule to do another post on Black Panther, but that’s going to have some political undercurrents in it.  And given that the last post… Read More

As a preface: always remember the golden rule.Read more » Read More

*massages forehead**takes a deep breath**sighs**puts on a full suit of armor*All right.  Let’s talk about Black Panther.  And “politics”.  In the largest air… Read More

I both love and hate the position Black Panther has put me in.I hate it because it’s going to make me look like I’ve got less brainpower than a dead goldfish.  It seems like… Read More

I know what the title says, but fair warning: this post will skew more toward novel stuff than Black Panther.  Gotta get people to click on my stuff somehow.  Don’t worry, th… Read More

So I’ve been playing more Dragon Ball FighterZ, and…whew.Don’t get me wrong.  It’s not a bad game at all.  If you know anything about it at this point -- a… Read More

*insert crickets chirping here*Yeah, it’s getting close to that time, so I figured it’d be best if I make a quick housekeeping post to announce it.  I’ve been holding… Read More

You know that dream where you’re suddenly thrown into a classroom and forced to take a test you didn’t study for?  Or that other dream where you’re late for school/wor… Read More

Well…at least the gameplay is still good.WE’RE STUCK ON A DIFFERENT SPOILERS!A LOT MORE THAN WE CAN SPOIL!BUT WE GOTTA KEEP ON SPOILING!  SPOILING!  SPOILING!Wait, wro… Read More

I don’t normally do this, but in this case I have to come out swinging at the outset: Nia is the “best girl” in Xenoblade Chronicles 2.  No contest.No.  Listen. … Read More

Hey, Xenoblade Chronicles 2.  I have a question for you.  You know that old taunt “Well, if you love it so much, why don’t you marry it?”  Why aren’t y… Read More

So is this just gonna be a thing now?  Me wanting to write about Kamen Rider, but getting waylaid by cultural juggernauts and entertainment industry shifts of infinitely greater weight?… Read More

Okay, I know this is a post about Kamen Rider Ex-Aid, but I’m seriously just biding my time until I can start watching Kamen Rider Build.Setting aside the main Rider’s design(whi… Read More

*sigh* Man, I wanted to do another post on Kamen Rider Ex-Aid, but I guess this is slightly more important.Slightly.Slightly.Read more » Read More

I mean, granted it’s not Christmas yet -- assuming you’re reading this on upload day instead of that hallowed holiday -- but it’s close enough.  It’s the highest… Read More

“We Madoka now.”I remember using that line to describe Kamen Rider Gaim a few years back, and with good reason.  For those unaware, Gaim -- a tokusatsu series carrying the K… Read More

All right, I’m just going to come out and say it: I like Infinite’s theme from Sonic Forces.I’m an easy mark for songs with heavy guitars and/or metal vibes, so the instrum… Read More

I feel like I shouldn’t have to do this.  But I guess I have to do this.*sigh*All right.  Let’s do this lickety-split.  Because I guess if the government isn&rsquo&hell…Read More

This is, like, the fourth poston Sonic that I’ve done in the past couple of months.  Does that mean that this is a Sonic blog now?  I hope not.  I’ve still got mor… Read More

Well, I was going to do another post on Sonic the Hedgehog, but it feels like that’s slightly inappropriate right now.  I appreciate the irony of the situation, though; who would… Read More

When I was nine years old, my mom got me an electronic thesaurus/dictionary to help me with my homework.  See, my third grade class tossed out tons of vocabulary assignments week after… Read More

Okay, so I think I came up with a workaround for uploading Danganronpa images without spoiling myself to high heaven.  I’ve got the PC version of Danganronpa V3: Killing Harmony… Read More

Wait, didn’t I just do a post on a Sonic game a few weeks back?  Haven’t I met my quota for the year?Yes, probably.  On the other hand, I’m pretty sure everybody… Read More

Boy, this is gonna be an unreasonable request.  But if past Christmases have taught me anything, it’s that I’m pretty good at making demands and expecting a big payoff from… Read More

Hey, you.  Yes, you.  You, reading this sentence right now.  Stop.  Shut up.  Listen.This post is going to contain spoilers for Danganronpa V3: Killing Harmony.&nbsp&hell…Read More

Oh, come on.  Of course it’s good.  It’s Mario.  It’s a first-party Nintendo game.  It’s a continuation of the momentum the company has built up o… Read More

*sigh*All right, Danganronpa.  I’m starting to get a little pissed off here.Read more » Read More

This may come as a surprise, but I think that ARMS might be a weird game.  I don’t know, I haven’t quite decided yet.Read more » Read More

So I played some more Marvel vs. Capcom: Infinite, and I’m not 100% sure why.Read more » Read More

*clears throat*When you Switch upon a starMakes no difference who you…uh…wait, hold on…Crap, coming up with Nintendo-themed lyrics for this song is harder than I thought… Read More

Uuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuugh.All right, we can get through this.  It’ll be fine.Let’s talk about Marvel vs. Capcom: Infinite and its stor… Read More

Gotta go fast?  Nah, son.  Gotta go at a measured and moderate pace, accelerating when necessary.All right.  Now let’s talk about Sonic Mania.Read more » Read More

I feel like I can start and end this post with a picture of Chun-Li’s face.Okay, sure, I know that Marvel vs. Capcom: Infinite released a patch on day one that saved her and others fro… Read More

Would it be too untoward of me to admit that, despite making that blatant reference to Arrested Development in the title, I haven’t actually seen that much of the actual show?It would?… Read More

*stares at box art*Uhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh… Read More

It’s past September 19th.  Yo, when’s mahvel?  I mean…where’s the latest Marvel vs. Capcom Infinite post?It’s coming, don’t worry.  But if… Read More

Well, I’ve been on a roll lately with these “X Years Later” posts, so I figure I should go ahead and keep the streak going.  Although since I’m dealing with a wi… Read More

Hey, welcome back to Cross-Up.  Glad you’re here.  I’ve been putting some more time into the latest version of BlazBlue, and I’m dying to talk about my findings… Read More

So, how ‘bout them anime fighters, huh?You know, it’s funny.  I remember a time when it seemed like we would never get another Guilty Gear game (i.e. a totally new one inste… Read More

So a funny thing happened the other day.  See, Kamen Rider Build started airing on September 3rd, and -- as a fan of the franchise for a good four years now -- I’ve been following… Read More

So here’s a fun fact about me: I was born in Houston.Yep.  It’s gonna be one of those posts.Read more » Read More

There was a time when I was able to accurately tell my teacher that The Sims was the best-selling PC game of all time.  Near as I can tell, that’s no longer the case.  I woul… Read More

I just love the fact that I dumped 100,000 points of Fight Money into unlocking one of the earlier Season 2 characters in Street Fighter V literally three days before the announcement of the… Read More

And vice versa, maybe?  It’s possible.  But having put some time into Yu-Gi-Oh Arc-V (and Yu-Gi-Oh Abridged) recently -- and all four parts of JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure… Read More

So I have a question to start off: why do things suck?By “things” I mean, of course, products in the media and entertainment industries.  Movies, TV shows, books, music, vid… Read More

Would it enhance or reduce my credibility right out of the gate if I admitted that I haven’t watched an episode of AMC’s The Walking Dead in years?  Probably reduce, but at… Read More

Oh God, I can feel a migraine coming on already.*sigh* Let’s just grit our teeth and power through this.  Okay?Okay.  So the last post dealt primarily with the gameplay of Va… Read More

You know, sometimes it seems like whenever I do these “So How Good is [X], Really?” posts, the title implies that I’m questioning the quality of X.  And technically, I… Read More

Even though I’m making a casual reference to the ill-fated Power Glove, don’t get the wrong idea.  I have no love for Valkyria Revolution.  It’s a bad game, and y… Read More

I just love how this series’ title has taken on a whole new meaning with the reveal of two new dancing spinoffs for the Persona franchise.  On that note?  Hard to believe tha… Read More

Are there enough moments from How I Met Your Mother over the years to have clips for any given situation?  Maybe.  It’s probably not as versatile as, say, The Simpsons, but I… Read More

Okay, I know this post and the last two are about Persona 5’s waifus (those in the main party, at least), but can we take some time out to talk about the potential husbandos?… Read More

Okay, I know what I’m going to say next will sound like a massive insult, but it’s not.  I mean it with the highest amount of praise one man can offer.  I sincerely hop… Read More

This post has been brought to you by the power of cheating.Yes, cheating!  Want immediate profits without doing the work?  Caught in a tight spot because you didn’t prepare i… Read More

*sigh*You know what, though?  I feel like I’ve got no one to blame but myself.Read more » Read More

I know this is a controversial opinion, but I think Persona 5 is a great game.  Shocker, I know.  Feel free to skewer me with your pitchforks at any time.There are many, many, many… Read More

So now that I’ve officially sworn off Final Fantasy (in a sense), I can’t spend months of my life ranting and raving about Squeenix’s latest and greatest “triumph&rdq&hell…Read More

Sometimes in order to go forward, you have to go backward.Read more » Read More

I don’t understand how this anime can even exist.And yes, I know I’ve used that opening line before.  That was intentional.  I’ll explain why in a bit.  But… Read More

You know, sometimes I lay awake at night and wonder: “Did I ever like Final Fantasy?”Actually, no I don’t.  That’s a bold lie, but I have to start this post some… Read More

Real talk: I saw this header (sans my edits) on Destructoid a few days ago, and I thought to myself, “AHAHAHAHA!  Oh God, I HAVE to use this in a post somehow!”  I&rsqu&hell…Read More

I’m sure I made this pretty obvious via the last post, but it’s worth saying plainly here right off the bat: no, I haven’t finished Final Fantasy 15.  All things consi… Read More