Zippo's Nonsensical Ramblings and Other Stuff

Hey all, I’m sorry the last few days have been so quiet, but I've been rather busy with personal matters and needed a short mental break post-E3, but now I'm back and feeling much better! Anyway, E3 is all said and done for this year. It certainly was… something, wasn't it? Given the all-digital format, things did go smoothly for the most part, but there were definitely some hiccups here and there. I'm gonna quickly go over the conferences that I saw so we can get to Microsoft. I'll also throw in the Summer Games Fest since it happened during the same time. I'll save Nintendo for an article tomorrow. Stay tuned. Summer Games Fest: It was… alright. Geoff thankfully didn't over promise on this one, so I'm happy I went in with very low expectations. Metal Slug Tactics was a huge surprise, Death Stranding: Director's Cut is cool if you're into that sort of thing, and there were lots of cool-looking indie titles. Honestly, Elden Ring saved this thing ...

    We're back! It's finally time to get to everyone's most anticipated one: Nintendo. Many surprises are in store with the big N, so let's get started. This will be the same as before, but with one added section for one game: Smash.  Smash starts us off: My good friend, KawlunDram : "What's up gamers, I'm going to make a prediction based on nothing about the next Smash character, I think it'll be a third party, from a developer and a franchise that Nintendo has worked with for over three decades: That's right, I'm predicting Bill from Contra will join Smash Baybee." My friend, Vespa : "I'm predicting a double reveal to end off Smash. My two picks are going to be. Dante from the Devil May Cry series, and Crash Bandicoot!" My Brazilian friend, Romeo : "Hey bros. I wanna thank Zippo for featuring me in this article. These predictions are solely for Nintendo’s presentation as it’s my "area of expertise" so to speak...

  Hey all, the big predictions article is here! Today, we'll be predicting what to expect at this year's E3 2021 show. All non-Nintendo predictions will go today, while Nintendo predictions will go up Sunday. I have many friends and guests joining us today, so please give them a warm welcome. I thank them all very much for coming on and joining me. Do note: None of my friends here have any inside information whatsoever. They have just came on to give fun predictions. Do not give them any shit whatsoever for any of the predictions they make, or else. I'm watching the comments, closely. Anywho, here's how this will work: We'll have a section for "rational predictions" then and chaos predictions".  Let's get started!  My friend and fellow Texan, Tyler AKA Chrom: "-Dark Souls 2/3 on switch. -Xbox presentation will have a lot of focus on GamePass and a lot of the games shown in the showcase will be coming to gamepass. This will include Scarlet Nex...

  Hey everyone, while you're waiting on the E3 article(s) that will go up early this coming week, (Yes, it's going to be a three-parter now!) I decided to make a quick article discussing Sonic Central - now that there's been some time for the dust to settle, as well as speculate about what's going on behind the scenes. But before that, I have an announcement. I have an editor now! Meet David. He's a pretty big Sonic fan himself, and he's also a huge Kingdom Hearts fan. He'll be assisting on my articles from now on so that they don't sound like incoherent messes. Please give him a warm welcome and follow his Twitter. He's hilarious, you won't be disappointed: https://twitter.com/dv_kh3 Without further ado,  So, what did I think of the show? In all honesty...meh. There were some really great announcements in there for sure, but the presentation itself had some issues, and the ending in particular, landed like a wet fart. It's like the tradition...