FromSoft is a Japanese game development company with a bit of a theme. Their visual style since their hit in Demon’s Souls has been broody and dark, emphasizing a grim atmosphere that I always find very cozy. So that alone… Continue Reading
World: Alfheim Diet: Meat, preferably burned Length: 13’02” Lifespan: 80 years Habitat: Burning places Activity Cycle: Cathemeral The salamanders are the undisputed champions of their lands largely by default, for they only thrive where fire constantly reigns. Magically sustained fires… Continue Reading
World: Alfheim Diet: Omnivorous Height: 2’9″ (14’7″ as giants) Lifespan: 300 years Habitat: Underground Activity Cycle: Cathemeral From mere feet under the earth to miles deep, gnomes are everywhere in Alfheim, but rarely seen. Gnomes can pass through the earth… Continue Reading
More than 20 years ago, Resident Evil burst onto the scene with gameplay and graphics that were revolutionary and even frightening for the time. I was far too young to enjoy it at the time, and familiarity with shinier, newer… Continue Reading
World: Midgard Diet: Mold, rotting things, small animals Height: 1’5″ terrestrial, 0’9″ avian Lifespan: 5 years Habitat: Cities Activity Cycle: Nocturnal In old Tagask, a fantastical device known as the microscope and many clever experiments revealed that the root of… Continue Reading
We have talked about taxonomy a couple times on this site. For those who don’t know, taxonomy is the science of how living things are related to one another. In the modern day, we have the extremely advanced version of… Continue Reading
World: Alfheim Diet: Water and soil Height: 48’4″ Lifespan: 5 years Habitat: Plains, forests Activity Cycle: Cathemeral It takes an exceptionally hateful heart to spawn a hateseed. Only the very most bitter and twisted of souls, consumed with disgust for… Continue Reading
Monster Hunter is one of my favorite series. It’s second only to Pokémon in sheer volume of monsters and focus on them, and unlike Pokémon, I actually still play the games. So when I saw there was going to be… Continue Reading
I mentioned in my review of Monster Hunter Generations that the series was about to change, and World was what I had in mind when I said that. World, as the name suggests, put a focus on the landscape, with… Continue Reading
World: Jotunheim Diet: Anything, preference for meat Height: 16’4″ Lifespan: 300 years Habitat: Plains, forests Activity Cycle: Diurnal Jotunheim does not have a natural seasonal cycle. There is no winter and summer, or cycles of wet and dry. Instead, winter… Continue Reading