The Post-Apocalyptic Masterpiece
Rodney Jones, Staff Writer
April 6, 2017
The Last of Us is a survival game where the player controls protagonists, Joel and Ellie as they navigate to a space safe from the virus outbreak that has corrupted their world. It is regarded as one of the best games in the world, and yet I have never even played it. I just kept hearing the name...
A Video Game Allegedly Taught Me How to Steal
Rodney Jones, Staff Writer
March 16, 2017
Sly Cooper is a game franchise following the narrative of Sly, a raccoon, and his friends Bentley, a turtle, and Murray, a hippopotamus. The first game’s plot revolves around Sly and his friends going to retrieve the stolen pages of his family’s book, archiving all of the thieving skills they had...
Tekken Brings Violence and Stories Together
Rodney Jones, Staff Writer
March 2, 2017
Tekken is a fighting game series that has received critical acclaim throughout its long run. The game consists of many characters, each with their own immersive story, setting the series apart from other fighting games that are more basic. In addition to the story, the strategy behind the fighting is compl...
Saints Row Shifts Over Time
Rodney Jones, Staff Writer
February 23, 2017
Saints Row is an open world, third person game where the player controls a gang-leading protagonist who tries to take complete control over any city that he is in. The efforts are contested by opposing gangs and the police force in a game with high amounts of violence, but also humor in moments that wou...
999: Seek A Way Out
Rodney Jones, Staff Writer
February 16, 2017
999 Is a game that challenges your intelligence with various puzzles. This, however, is not your average puzzle game. 999 stands for nine hours, nine persons, nine doors, and is revolved around nine people having nine hours to escape a cruise modeled after the Gigantic (a sister ship of the Titanic) that ...
Fire Emblem: Pissed Off
Rodney Jones, Staff Writer
February 7, 2017
Fire Emblem is a tactical game that has a more expansive history than most of what I’ve played in my life. The first game, Fire Emblem: Shadow Dragon and the Blade of Light, came out in 1990, and they have been continuing to make titles of the series ever since with a current total of 13 games. I, h...
Actually, Kind of Afraid
Rodney Jones, Impact Staff
December 3, 2015
The fifth episode opens with Nick, having been thrown in a cell after the previous episode. Guardsmen attempt to take him away because of fever symptoms, but his cellmate, Strand, bribes the guards to leave him, as Strand knows what happens to those who are taken away. The story shifts to Liza, who...
Pissed Off: A Christmas Story
Rodney Jones, Impact Staff
November 12, 2015
This column will be far different than my standard, because for the first time in a long while, one of my friends has gotten under my skin. This one issue has lead to another, and if I don’t write this out in some form of order, I am literally going to die. The end of August is always a...
Almost Afraid of the Walking Dead
Rodney Jones, Impact Staff
October 29, 2015
This episode opens with everyone inside of the barbershop discussing how to escape. They feel a wall start to heat up and hear an alarm. They realize that the mob has set the store next door on fire. The group escapes directly through the front door, and head towards Travis’ truck. However, along the...
Should I Fear the Walking Dead?
Rodney Jones, Impact Staff
October 22, 2015
I initially started watching The Walking Dead in preparation for New York Comic Con 2015. I was definitely hooked while watching the actual series, and I was prepared to see the cast with the new knowledge of the show that I lacked the year before. Now for the fun part: they didn’t even show up to...
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Prof. Michael Perrota began teaching at Mercy College in 2005. Previously, he was a full-time reporter for North Jersey Media Group in the sports and news sections. After he began teaching, he worked in...