Series by Singing Brakeman documenting and discussing esteemed franchises in video games
Welcome back to Franchise Festival, where we explore and discuss the history of noteworthy video game series from the last four decades. Older entries can be found here. This week will be the second-ever instance of bumping a series’ spinoff section into … Continue reading Franchise Festival #45: Final Fantasy Spinoffs
Welcome back to Franchise Festival, where we explore and discuss the history of noteworthy video game series from the last four decades. Older entries can be found here. This week we will set off on an epic journey to uncover the history … Continue reading Franchise Festival #44 – Final Fantasy
Welcome back to Franchise Festival, where we explore and discuss the history of noteworthy video game series from the last four decades. Older entries can be found here. This week we’ll be revving our engines and taking down the history of Burnout, … Continue reading Franchise Festival #43: Burnout
Welcome back to Franchise Festival, where we explore and discuss the history of noteworthy video game series from the last four decades. Older entries can be found here. This week we’ll be unlocking the story of Zero Escape, a trilogy of visual … Continue reading Franchise Festival #42: Zero Escape
Welcome back to Franchise Festival, where we explore and discuss the history of noteworthy video game series from the last four decades. Older entries can be found here. This week we’ll be creating our own path through Craftworld with LittleBigPlanet. I only made … Continue reading Franchise Festival #41: LittleBigPlanet
Note. A large number of linked documents used in the making of this article come from Source Gaming, a Nintendo and Super Smash Bros. fansite that translates Japanese articles and interviews about the series. I am a Source Gaming writer; … Continue reading Franchise Festival #40: Super Smash Bros.
Welcome back to Franchise Festival, where we explore and discuss the history of noteworthy video game series from the last four decades. Older entries can be found here. This week we’ll be using our momentum to explore the history of Prince of … Continue reading Franchise Festival #39: Prince of Persia
Welcome back to Franchise Festival, where we explore and discuss the history of noteworthy video game series from the last four decades. Older entries can be found here. This week we’ll be reading about the text-heavy Wizardry franchise. This article would not be … Continue reading Franchise Festival #38: Wizardry
Welcome back to Franchise Festival, where we explore and discuss the history of noteworthy video game series from the last four decades. Older entries can be found here. This week we’ll be climbing the ladder of knowledge on Donkey Kong, the series … Continue reading Franchise Festival #37: Donkey Kong (Classic)
Welcome back to Franchise Festival, where we explore and discuss the history of noteworthy video game series from the last four decades. Older entries can be found here. Today we’ll be coordinating our tactical approach to X-COM. Yes, I put a dash in … Continue reading Franchise Festival #36: X-COM
Welcome back to Franchise Festival, where we explore and discuss the history of noteworthy video game series from the last four decades. Older entries can be found here. This article comes with a content warning for disturbing imagery and discussion … Continue reading Franchise Festival #35: Silent Hill
Welcome to Friday, folks! Some minor bad news – there will be no Franchise Festival today. @Lovely_Bones’ history of Silent Hill will instead be appearing on a very special day, next Wednesday. Why Wednesday, you ask? Because it’s… HALLOWEEN! We will … Continue reading Franchise Festival… Coming Soon!
Welcome back to Franchise Festival, where we explore and discuss the history of noteworthy video game series from the last four decades. Older entries can be found here. This entry marks the third week in 2018’s month of horror game coverage. We … Continue reading Franchise Festival #34: Fatal Frame
Welcome back to Franchise Festival, where we explore and discuss the history of noteworthy video game series from the last four decades. Older entries can be found here. This entry marks the second week in 2018’s month of horror game coverage. … Continue reading Franchise Festival #33: Resident Evil
Welcome back to Franchise Festival, where we explore and discuss the history of noteworthy video game series from the last four decades. Older entries can be found here. This week we’ll be kicking off a month of horror game coverage with the … Continue reading Franchise Festival #32: Alone in the Dark
Welcome back to Franchise Festival, where we explore and discuss the history of noteworthy video game series from the last four decades. Older entries can be found here. This week we’ll be talon-trotting to the beat of Banjo-Kazooie‘s drum. The internet is mercifully … Continue reading Franchise Festival #31: Banjo-Kazooie
Welcome back to Franchise Festival, where we explore and discuss the history of noteworthy video game series from the last four decades. Older entries can be found here. This week we’ll be burning rubber as we race through the history of Ridge … Continue reading Franchise Festival #30: Ridge Racer
Welcome back to Franchise Festival, where we explore and discuss noteworthy franchises from the last several decades of gaming history. Older entries can be found here. This week we’ll be gobbling up all there is to know about Kirby. Major sources include Nintendo … Continue reading Franchise Festival #29: Kirby
Welcome back to Franchise Festival, where we explore and discuss noteworthy franchises from the last several decades of gaming history. Older entries can be found here. This week we’ll be digging through the war plans of Wolfenstein. This article involved quite a … Continue reading Franchise Festival #28: Wolfenstein
Welcome back to Franchise Festival, where we explore and discuss noteworthy franchises from the last several decades of gaming history. Older entries can be found here. This week we’ll be weightlessly drifting through the history of Lunar. Dates refer to the first … Continue reading Franchise Festival #27: Lunar
Welcome back to Franchise Festival, where we explore and discuss noteworthy franchises from the last several decades of gaming history. Older entries can be found here. This week we’ll be piecing together the 1s and 0s of BIT.TRIP. The most important source … Continue reading Franchise Festival #26: BIT.TRIP/Runner
