This argument that I’m making seems confusing at first glance, doesn’t it? All of these different sources and facts about those sources seem to jumble together, and its hard to make sense of them. So, it would be a good idea to explain all of this for my argument to make sense in the end. …
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Unit 3 Essay Synopsis + Reflection
The last unit we covered was over clones, replicants, and similarly manufactured beings. We were given the task of creating our own arguments involving the topic. In my case, I chose to connect characters that aren’t discussed in this context much to characters that usually are. Three different clones from Square Enix’s Kingdom Hearts: Riku …
Thanksgiving and Christmas Plans
The end of the semester is almost upon us. It’s a time of family get-togethers, final tests, and a lot of studying. Naturally, when all is said and done, students need rest. Thankfully, the university gives 3 days of the school week, and 4 days of the work week, for Thanksgiving and an entire month …
The University of Oklahoma’s Room and Board Work Program
This week, I just want to talk about a campus service that I have been interacting with throughout the entire semester: Housing and Food Services’ work program. I have a few parts that I am angry about, a few parts that I am content with, and a couple suggestions that I would make given the …
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The Story of Super Smash Bros., Part 3
In this last part of the Super Smash Bros. story, all information that was added to the story in Smash 4 and Ultimate will be connected to points from the rest of the series. Masahiro Sakurai’s journey has come a long way, and this is the end of it. The Wii U and 3DS entries …
The Story of Super Smash Bros. Part 2
This small series of blog posts is about taking the subtextual story of the Super Smash Bros. franchise and stringing it together through the whole series. This entry is all about Brawl. At the end of Melee, we see a young tween, becoming more organized while still enjoying the crossover battles he can create with …
The Story of Super Smash Bros. Part 1
The Super Smash Bros. franchise, on the surface, just seems like a fun party game to break out with friends. Each game has a decent amount of single-player content, and some of them have cool story modes or adventures to partake in. However, if you look a little deeper, a story, based somewhat on the …
The Clones and Doubles of Super Smash Bros., Part 3
This entry will be the last for this set, covering the major entry for Smash Ultimate: Galeem and Dharkon. Galeem is the first of two antagonists of the World of Light story mode in Smash Ultimate. It is the ending to the main arc of storytelling that has been occurring since the Wii release of …
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Super Smash Bros. Doubles and Clones, Part 2
We return once again with the Smash franchise and its doubles. 4. Clone Characters Clone characters have always been a strange topic throughout the series. Their purpose is to ease development time by taking an already pre-existing character, change some of their moves or properties, and change the model and animations. The first of these …
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The ‘Clones’ and Doubles of Super Smash Bros., Part 1
Just like with Capcom’s Mega Man franchise, Nintendo’s undying platform fighter has an array of duplicates of its many, many characters. Just like before, this will be in halves. Metal Mario in Meta Crystal (first appearance: Super Smash Bros (1999, N64) This first early example was a reference to the stage where the Metal Cap …
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