Cblogs of 8/1 to 8/7/2020: Ikaruga, GreedFall and gaming sequels [Destructoid]

Cblogs Recap: Week 32
-Shoggoth2588 reveals this month’s Band of Bloggers prompt, which focuses on the surprising cases of inferior game sequels.
-Nior writes with a lot of passion about the life lessons and story embedded in the impeccable gameplay of Treasure’s famous Ikaruga.
-CaiusRV reviews GreedFall.
-RyeToast thinks there are too many Pokemon-related game and application announcements all at once, diluting the value of the brand.
-Lord Spencer reviews Blaster Master: Blasting Again as part of his PlayStation 1 REVIEWS blogging series.
-Lord Spencer reports on games A80 to A71 in his PlayStation 1 REVIEWS blogging list.
-Shoggoth2588 shares with his gaming journal of July 2020.
-Exber reviews Zelda II: The Adventure of Link in this Retro Review.
-Spinnerweb shares his thoughts on the now dormant Dead Space franchise.
-RyeToast thinks that Crash Team Racing has the bones to become a long-term rival for the Mario Kart franchise.
-Skazfest discusses how marketing for games can sometimes become a huge phenomenon in and of itself.

-PhilsPhindings discusses the similarities between some tunes in Chrono Cross and some old-time pop music.
-PhilsPhindings discusses the similarities between some tune in Sonic 3 and some classical circus music.

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