Favorites of 2018

2018 was a year of hit and misses, in my opinion. While the year started off strong in video games, there were a lot of disappointing releases by the time the year ended. Pop music fell by the wayside in 2018 but it was replaced by mediocre trap music and due to Billboard’s new algorithm, album bombs ruled the charts. Personally, I didn’t see many movies or shows and due to Spotify’s New Music Friday becoming obscenely large by August, I missed a lot of new music at the end of the year. I also didn’t manage to play a lot of the year’s best games until Christmas so my knowledge of media this past year was limited. However, I do have some favorites to recommend, even if I’m not comfortable giving full Top 5’s or 10’s to any of these forms. The rules are that I’ve seen, listen to, or played these picks to the end and that they had to be released in 2018. With that said, here are my favorites of 2018!

Sonic Boom Season 1 Review

The Sonic Boom franchise as a video game series is not seen with much positivity. After the release of Sonic Boom: Rise of Lyric, this spin off of the Sonic franchise was met with much derision and with good reason. The game is a failure in game design and originality and doesn’t understand what Sonic as a character and a game fundamentally is. However, accompanying the game was a brand new cartoon series based in the game’s world. Simply titled Sonic Boom, the series has had some success and is currently in its second season. As a Sonic fan who didn’t like Rise of Lyric, I decided to give this show a chance due to positive feedback and watched the first season on Hulu. Is is better than the games and how does it hold up on its own?

2016 Was Terrible, But Important

A quick introduction before I get into the editorial proper. This is an article that has been delayed longer than I would’ve wished for. I wanted for some time now to write about more than just video games, music, and movies. Moving forward, this WordPress blog is going to be more based on myself than the topics I typically focus on. I mentioned this in the past, but this is really the start of that. Instead of coming to this blog for stuff on video games, you’ll be coming here for me, for my views and thoughts on a variety of topics. Subject matter will start becoming more serious and more controversial topics are bound to pop up. I thank you for continuing to read my work, and support my content. Video games and the like will still have a big presence here, as I’m still passionate about those subjects. However, you’re going to see a lot more than just that from now on. Now on to the editorial.

Colorwind Reviews Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt (Season 1)–It’s A Miracle!

Determination can be an addictive quality. A lot of people are leaders not because they had a good idea, but because they were determined and that rallies other people to follow them or replicate their spirit. Determined people usually have a certain trait to them, such as always facing forward, that makes it easier to notice them. However, sometimes people can surprise you. For example, when thinking about determined people, you might think of businessmen, politicians, maybe even entertainers. However, you probably won’t think of cult members or kidnapees. Kimmy Schmidt might just change that as who else other than a determined person would come out of a bunker after 15 years of captivity smiling?