Last year I walked into a store dedicated to board and card games for the first time. I love board games but it is not always easy finding a store that is the analog equivalent to GameStop. And usually when I do find them, they are far away. So when […]
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(Disclaimer: I received a review code for a free copy of Celeste, but that has not influenced my opinions of this title in any way). Celeste is the latest title by MATT MAKES GAMES, and Indie developer known for the hit game Towerfall released back in 2013. Similar to Towerfall, Celeste […]
CW: Visual depictions of sexism and violence As the semester kicks off, I’ve been doing a lot of reading for a class I’m teaching for the first time called Communicating Through New Media. The class covers a wide range of topics relating to how to most effectively communicate through new […]
Episode 166: Looking Back, Looking Foward: Our Favorites of 2017 and Most Anticipated of 2018 (Right click and save as to download, or find us on iTunes, BlogTalk Radio, Stitcher, Google Play, or TuneIn). This week we chat about our favorite games from last year and the games that we are most excited to play in 2018. We’re […]
Note: I used an italicized ‘Orwell’ when talking about the game as a whole and ‘Orwell’ when talking about specifics of the governmental program within the game. Over break I bought a game called Orwell: Keeping an Eye on You. I had never heard of this game before but it […]
I bought Fallout 4 as a holiday gift for my partner and me back when it released in 2015, but after playing for maybe 45 minutes, I put it aside. Since then, I’ve picked it up a few times, but never for more than one short play session—until late last […]
(Disclaimer: I received a review code for a free copy of Dynasty Feud, but that has not influenced my opinions of this title in any way). Many of my friends know that fighting games are one of least favorite genres. Admittedly sometimes that is not the fault of the game […]
Episode 165: Thunderbird Strike and the Power of Indigenous Game Design: A Conversation with Elizabeth Lapensee (Right click and save as to download, or find us on iTunes, BlogTalk Radio, Stitcher, Google Play, or TuneIn). This week we had an amazing conversation with the fabulous Elizabeth LaPensee, Indigenous scholar, artist, and game designer who talks with us […]
Spoiler Warning: The ending of several Legend of Zelda games up to Skyward Sword are going to be disclosed. I will unfortunately not be discussing Breath of the Wild in this article, as I have yet to play the game and I am attempting to avoid plot elements so I […]
Have you been wondering who our new guest writer is? Jordyn is a graduate student at Purdue University where she is currently working on her Masters degree in Computer Graphics Technology. Though she plays a wide variety of games her favorites include those focused on emotional narratives or RPG elements. Her first […]
Episode 164: On Minstrelsy and Mayhem: A Conversation with Yussef Cole (Right click and save as to download, or find us on iTunes, BlogTalk Radio, Stitcher, Google Play, or TuneIn). This week we talk to games journalist motion designer, Yussef Cole (@youmeyou) about his lastest research and article in Unwinnable, “Cuphead and the Racist Spectre of Fleischer Animation“, […]
Spoiler Warning: Ending details of The Wolf Among Us and side quests from Assassin’s Creed: Origins are discussed. A few weeks ago my boyfriend bought the game Stellaris – a grand strategy space exploration game similar to Crusader Kings and Sid Meier’s Civilization. Together we made a race called the […]
With American Thanksgiving in the rearview mirror, we are speeding toward the winter holidays (my kid wore Elf on the Shelf pajamas all day on Thanksgiving to display her readiness). As we start finalizing (or beginning) our shopping we thought that it might be a good time to run through […]
(Full disclosure: I received a review code for a free copy of Gear Club Unlimited, but that has not influenced my opinions of this title in any way) So it is no small secret around here that my driving in video games is absolutely abominable, kart racers may or may […]
This month’s Blog of the Roundtable topic over at Critical Distance is a very intriguing one. We often talk about peripheral things that happen in games as being some of the most important and impactful (though hidden). The way video games deal with player death is certainly no exception to […]
Episode 163: Two Tums: Hidden Agenda Spoilercast (Right click and save as to download, or find us on iTunes, BlogTalk Radio, Stitcher, Google Play, or TuneIn). This week we talk about Supermassive Games’ Hidden Agenda for Playstation 4. This is a true spoilercast. If you don’t want to know key parts of the game you may want […]