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Videogame Retrospective: DragonballZ Shin Budokai Another Road

Although there exist plenty of reviews, critical analysis and all other forms of ‘verdicts’ on any videogame, there’s only one ultimate form of judgement that stands above all of them—Time. How much a videogame stands in respect to time is the one ultimate yardstick that holds true, all the time (pun intended). It means that no matter what the critics say, no matter what the numbers are—in our hearts, the greatest games are simply those that we find ourselves keep coming back to, with time. Time also shows ultimately what truly matters in a videogame—it’s always the gameplay and the sheer amount of fun that it allows the player to get out of from the game. Graphics get ‘older’ with time, as well as most other design elements that form the ‘exteriors’ of a game, but it’s the core of a game (which is the gameplay) that’s single handedly responsible for whether it still holds playability or not, over time. That’s why only the truly great games stand the test of Time, while the res

Avengers Endgame Review: Of Ends and Beginnings

Avengers Endgame is a movie about payoffs, it’s not just the culmination of the Infinity Saga that started with 2012’s The Avengers, but it also serves as the closing chapter to many of the characters whose journey started with 2008’s Iron Man. So whether you’ve been following the MCU ever since then or from any later point, whether you are a causal fan of the connected cinematic Universe or a die-hard comic lover who is heavily invested in the journey of these characters, you should definitely watch Endgame, simply cause there’s going to be massive payoffs for you that you’ll find both deeply satisfying and rewarding. So yes, Avengers Endgame is worth your watching. But how much is it worth, whether it feels rewarding to watch multiple times (like the first Avengers film was) or is it just another Marvel flick that’s hugely entertaining but fails to be memorable in the long run, is what this review is going to be all about. Avengers Endgame, in many ways, is the grand