AzdiffDance, Fight, Spin Around: The Music of BayonettaRevisiting the original Bayonetta — which celebrates its 15th birthday next year — it’s startling just how fully-formed it arrived. It’s a…17 min read·Dec 3, 2023----
AzdiffGame Music Diary — Aug 2022Another round of me writing about music from every game I play this year. You can find previous entries if you click to my page. The…11 min read·Sep 10, 2022----
AzdiffNier: Automata — Endings C, D, and EIn my earlier writeups on Nier: Automata’s first two endings, I suspected that the game would truly come together as its characters…18 min read·Aug 23, 2022----
AzdiffNieR: Automata — Ending BThis contains spoilers up to ending B of NieR: Automata. My review of ending A is here.6 min read·Aug 3, 2022----
AzdiffGame Music Diary Jun-Jul 2022To recap, I’m writing about one piece of music from every game that I play this year. (Although it often turns into a discussion of the…14 min read·Aug 1, 2022----
AzdiffNieR: Automata — Ending AThis concerns the first playthrough and ending of NieR: Automata. I haven’t played anything beyond that ending, and I’ll be writing…11 min read·Jul 23, 2022----
AzdiffGame Music Diary — May 2022Hey. To recap, I’m writing about one piece of music from every game that I play this year. I wasn’t planning to publish another one so…14 min read·Jun 4, 2022----
AzdiffGame Music Diary — Jan-Apr 2022Last year I set out to write something about every game that I played, and doing that was a lot of fun. It was a good way to get my feet…21 min read·Apr 29, 2022----
Azdiff“Your goal, your faith, your virtue”: Persona 5 RoyalThis essay contains spoilers for Persona 5 Royal, specifically the new story elements added to Royal. If you’ve played Persona 5 but…19 min read·Mar 16, 2022----
AzdiffWhy does nobody want change?: A critique of Persona 5Persona 5 is both way too long and the perfect length.21 min read·Feb 22, 2022----