Luma's Blog and Grill

Coming right off the heels of Mass Effect Andromeda, there's been a lot of hate being generated by Mass Effect fans about EA's newest title--so much, in fact, that EA has officially put the IP on hold, and the game's infamous reputation has even put their secret new action IP way behind schedule as well. Needless to say, Mass Effect is in the doghouse, especially considering the shambles that Mass Effect 3 left in its wake 5 years before even this. Mass Effect Andromeda, while it was bad, was merely the icing on this cake, however. Andromeda was not nearly the worst thing that has happened to Mass Effect. Bad? Yes. Probably the nail in this beautiful series' coffin. But Mass Effect had problems long before Andromeda reared its ugly head. And it started around Mass Effect 2. 10 years ago, I was a teenager sitting on the couch contemplating which game I wanted to pop into my Xbox 360 (holy crap, that was 10 years ago?!), when my dad pulled into the driveway from h...

I am a longtime Metroid fan; it stands as one of my favorite game series out there. As my fellow fans will tell you, Metroid has been anything but fruitful recently. Many argue a decent Metroid title hasn't been released in well over 10 years. Personally, I didn't have much quarrel with Federation Force, but its lackluster splash on the 3DS was riding on the heels of the last game, Other M, which has been given so much hatred by the Metroid community it arguably stands as possibly one of the worst titles Nintendo has ever published. It's no secret that there's been somewhat of a Metroid drought over the last decade. If you want to argue the point, the main Metroid storyline hasn't actually been worked on since Metroid Fusion. We're talking nearly 17 years! In the 30 some-odd years Metroid has existed, it hasn't aged well at all, despite how awesome the series is. It's about time Metroid gets some new blood. Luckily for us, it seems at least one M...