Sky's Write-Up Compendium

  In recent times, a lot of us might have heard some variation of the phrase “I wish this game respected my time” in online discussion. Time always seems to be a resource that we either have in abundance or are lacking, but we can all agree that it never feels good to feel like our time is being wasted. That’s why when people are discussing games, the idea that a good game respects their time comes up often.  People want their journey with a game to be as fulfilling as possible from the title screen to the end credits. Most games vary with their completion time, but no one wants to reach the end of something only to feel like they’ve had an underwhelming experience. But what does it really mean for a game to value a player's time, and how does it go about accomplishing that successfully? How does a game truly respect the player's time? People often zero in on concepts such as pacing and length as the main ways to gauge how well a game goes about accomplishing this, and while t...

  Dragon Ball has one of the most iconic ensembles of characters in modern times. The average person has a decent chance they’ve at least heard of characters like Goku and Vegeta. The franchise has become a cultural pillar, and that’s mainly in part due to how well defined and recognized the cast is. They’re all incredibly well designed, and despite how biased the series became towards some characters (Saiyans) as time went on, everyone had a role to play and the end result was a well-established long reaching friend group that’s captured the hearts of many since the series first began serialization in 1984. Today I want to put the spotlight on Piccolo, as he’s one of my personal favorites and I’d like to explore a bit why that is. Today's Topic of Discussion Piccolo’s biggest strength is his character journey. He sits as a sort of transitional character in the world of DB. He’s the last major villain of the first half of the story before we  enter the “Z” portion of the se...