About Me!
Reece Cullen (that's me) is a Digital Media, Arts, and Technology (DIGIT) student at
Penn State Behrend, the Erie College. Currently a senior, he plans to go into game
design and development.
On this page, I'll put whatever show I'm watching,
whatever book I'm reading, or whatever game I'm playing. I thought it would be fun
to give you a eensy glimpse into my life beyond my work!
Currently Playing: Ghost Trick:
Phantom Detective
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I'm a huge fan of the Ace Attorney franchise, so when I saw that
another of Shu Takumi's games was being remastered for modern consoles I was
very excited! Ghost Trick features one of the most unique gameplay mechanics
I've ever seen, that being the player taking the role of a poltergeist to
manipulate objects and environments to save peoples' lives! It's truly
fascinating just how outlandish they get with their puzzles. I have some gripes,
those mostly being the gameplay feeling extremely segmented, if that makes
sense. It felt quite formulaic at the start with how you would solve a puzzle,
read a cutscene (the game features a lot of visual-novel-like elements), then
progress to the next area. I'm currently in the later stages of the game, and
the loop has evolved quite a bit. I'm excited to finish it!
I think I'm in the final stages now, with the
final twist having been revealed! Brace yourself...I was a cat the whole
time? I mean, I have to admit, I didn't expect it! But I'm pretty interested
to see where it goes next. There was even some time travel hijinx the last
time I played!
Currently Watching: One
Piece
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One Piece has some of the best world-building I've ever seen in
such an elongated series, but it's kind of hard to watch sometimes. The pacing
in the anime is very difficult to get through! It would definitely be more
enjoyable to watch weekly if you were caught up with the story.
I feel like One Piece is definitely more enjoyable if
you're involved with the fandom/community. So much of what I see people
online enjoy about the series is fanart of one of the Straw Hats or talking
about the crazy new development in the latest chapter. But as a semi-casual
fan, it's kind of irritating, since nothing in the series has really been a
surprise to me. I knew about Robin's entire introduction arc, as well as all
the characters who would go on to join the Straw Hat crew like Franky and
Jinbei. For large stuff like that I understand not tiptoeing around, but I
feel like I constantly see slips/screenshots of the newest episode/chapter
that I would just enjoy more if I saw naturally. Perhaps it is all the
internet's fault...
Currently Reading: A Game of
Thrones (A Dance of Dragons, Book 5)
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The cliffhanger at the end of the last
book was pretty gut-wrenching, I mean seriously, is
Brienne okay???, and having the knowledge I have now, that being
George R.R. Martin refusing to finish his series, it makes it even more painful,
but I'm still incredibly invested in the plights of Westeros. I thought that
book 4's approach was very exciting, including chapters led by characters that
had been side characters before (Obviously, Brienne
sort of became my favorite character in the series for this very reason,
Cersei was fun to read as well), and book 5 is more of a return to
form, kind of posthumously making book 4 a Lion King 1 & 1/2 situation. And
if you don't understand that reference, go watch Lion King 1 & 1/2!