The year 2020 marked the 35th anniversary of Mario, Nintendo's biggest mascot, and to celebrate the occasion Nintendo released several products to celebrate their famous plumber; items that ranged from clothes to pins, but the one thing that excited fans the most was a compilation of games that features Mario's 3D adventures. The game compilationContinue reading "The disappointing nature of Super Mario 3D All-Stars."

Persona 5/ Persona 5 Royal are some of my favorite games of all time, because they have the perfect blend of a likeable cast of characters, fun combat system and an amazing sense of style. So when I heard that they were getting a semi sequel that swaps the turn based RPG mechanics for fastContinue reading "Persona 5 Strikers Review"

Coming into 2021 Nintendo had a pretty worrisome line up for the new year, the biggest games that we had any concrete information about were No More Heroes 3 which had no release date and Bravely Default 2 which releases February, 26. So when a Nintendo Direct got announced that would focus on games beingContinue reading "Nintendo Direct 2/17/21 highlights."

The Super Smash Bros. Franchise has always been considered a video game museum of sorts due to the games featuring an iconic roster of characters from the world of videogames. Each game in the franchise does a loving job at implementing a characters move set to match with their personality and the game they originateContinue reading "Super Smash Bros. Ultimate Analysis."

FIFA 21 was released on October 6, 2020 on all major consoles to lukewarm reviews gaining a 72% on Metacritic; but on the other hand, the Nintendo Switch version of the game was received less favorably gaining a 33% on Metacritic. One may ask themselves how a game would get such polar opposite scores, andContinue reading "The Anti-consumer nature of FIFA 21 Legacy Edition."

On January 22, 2021 it was confirmed by Activision Blizzard that Vicarious Visions, the studio behind the recently released Tony Hawk Pro Skater 1+2 , has merged with Blizzard Entertainment to work on new titles under the Blizzard moniker. Vicarious Visions was a company with more than 200 employees that was founded in 1990 inContinue reading "Vicarious Visions merged into Blizzard Entertainment."

Thank you for clicking on "The Gaming Diary". My name is Fernando Flamenco I'm a Junior at Texas State University majoring in Journalism with a minor in Media Studies. I have made this blog for my MC4381 class, but also because I have always had a fondness for video games and writing, and this isContinue reading "Welcome to The Gaming Diary"