Video & Podcast Appearances
Hi! I'm Brendan. I'm a writer, artist, and content producer working in the gaming and tech industries. I've held staffed and freelance positions with various publications, including Digital Trends, IGN, and more. I'm currently a regular contributor for LifeHacker. Below is a selection of my work from various publications and media sources.
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Video & Podcast Appearances
Dylan is joined by friend of the show and Dragon Quest evangelist Brendan Hesse to talk about why Dragon Quest XI is a game no one should sleep on.
TL and Dylan are joined by patron and friend of the show Brendan Lundy to talk all things Monster Hunter, Pokemon, and more! Download
Dylan is joined by Grind Forever and PNB alum Brendan to talk about one of his favorite games of all time - Morrowind. Download
Welcome back! Our guest this time out is Brendan Hesse. Brendan is a writer for Digital Trends, a Pacific Northwesterner and a former colleague of Dan's at Nine Circles -- so you know there's gonna be some metal in this chat...
Writing clips
Opinion: One of Octopath Traveler's most critiqued elements is actually key to its success. Amid all the praise for Square-Enix's JRPG throwback, Octopath Traveler, there are still some common criticisms. Most focus on how the stories for each of the eight main characters only finally loosely overlap in an optional end-game dungeon, and are otherwise entirely separate with minimal inter-party interaction.
A massive mountain stands before you, its miles-high peak slashing at the clouded skies. All around you stand enormous trees and tall volcanic boulders, their jagged surfaces covered with moss. A mist hangs in the air.
Despite all the convenience and quality of Google's sprawling ecosystem, some users are fed up with the fishy privacy policies the company has recently implemented in Gmail, Chrome, and other services. To its credit, Google has made good changes in response to user feedback, but that doesn't diminish the company's looming shadow over the internet at large.
Update: It appears the developer plans to pull the game from Itch.io next week. If you haven't downloaded and plan to play it, grab it quick before yet another version of P.T. disappears. Original story follows. P.T.
The 3DS is the home to the latest installments of long-running franchises such as The Legend of Zelda and Super Mario, and while these game are among the handheld's best, there many more titles that don't fit within the confines set by Mario, Link, or other first-party characters.
The Super Nintendo Entertainment System (SNES) might just be the greatest video game console ever made. It dominated the market, made the adjective "super" a staple of every millennial's vocabulary, and was home to some of the best games ever made.
Pokémon never really went out of style, but the franchise has been on people's minds, thanks to mobile phenomenon Pokémon Go. The augmented reality take on the series is introducing - or reintroducing - thousands of players to the long-running standard-bearer for monster collecting games. Pokémon is essentially like any other turn-based RPG.
While everyone wants their video games to sound great, the idea of a Hi-Fi gaming headset is rather novel. Sure, there are likely a handful of audiophiles out there who enjoy an occasional evening indulging in multiplayer raids in Destiny 2 or going for the Chicken Dinner in Playerunknown's Battlegrounds, and there have been several headsets in the past aimed at this crowd, but frankly, they never quite hit the mark for us.
Your monitor is the centerpiece of your gaming setup. Sure, your graphics card might be responsible for all the GPU horsepower, but a great display is crucial if you want to take full advantage. It turns the frames rendered by your GPU into the graphics that define your visual experience.