After about five months straight of playing Animal Crossing: New Leaf I believe I can soundly say that I have thoroughly experienced most of what the game has to offer. And by “most” I mean everything that this taunting game has let me experience, as it continuously holds upcoming holidays […]
Monthly Archives: October 2013
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Episode 66: Put An Ace Bandage On Those Things: Talking Games Research with Carly Finseth (“Save As” to download or head over to iTunes to subscribe) The episode where we talk about games research, why we do what we do, and where we go from here.
This upcoming Thanksgiving will mark the one year anniversary of my working for “the bank” and with this anniversary I took a moment to reflect on what this year has done for me as an individual in the work place and as a gamer. One of the greatest things about […]
I wanted to keep expanding on my look into game covers, but I think it’s important to search beyond the top-selling mainstream titles and most-hyped games across consoles proper, just to see if trends continue past the very middle of the mainstream, so this week I’m doing something a little […]
For those who didn’t get a chance to check out my blog last week, I’m writing a 2 part series about my gaming history. HOWEVER, we have a pretty big event coming up on Saturday that I would like to talk about (and plug!). So rest assured, Kid Chameleon is […]
As the feminist pop culture community becomes more outspoken and as the campaign for proper female representation in games and the variety of other pop culture mediums gains increasing support, I’ve noticed that there have been a lot of excuses going around. These excuses or justifications cover all the reasons […]
Yesterday I was sitting in the coffee shop reading Miguel Sicart’s latest book, Beyond Choices: The Design of Ethical Gameplay and giggling at the passage that read Cocktail parties are terrible places for doing philosophy. Yet when a polite stranger asks me what I do, I end up awkwardly explaining […]
Power Hour Reviews are a new NYMG feature in which we spend one intense hour playing newly released games in order to get a sense not only of the game’s mechanics and characterization, but its narrative as well. Let us spend our time first, so that you don’t have to waste […]
For the next phase of my research on game covers, I initially planned to look at this year’s releases, but found myself instead falling through an Internet black hole and browsing the listings for the next generation releases. After I was done calculating all the money I would need to […]
In honor of the hilarious and fascinating series of stories being told over at Cody Reimer’s blog, I’ve decided to share a part of my gaming history. If you haven’t seen his 5 part series on his first time playing EQ, you need to go to the beginning and check […]
Here’s a rundown of what you missed (or not) here at NYMG this week. Click through and read more. In 3 Ways the Video Game Community Is Not So Bad Alex gives a breakdown of some of the things that keep her active in the gaming community. In the first of two […]
Halloween is one of our favorite times here at NYMG. There have been so many video games in the horror genre that I, and I’m sure countless others, would consider some of the best games ever made. You have psychological thrillers like Heavy Rain, blood and guts carnage like Silent […]
Power Hour Reviews are a new NYMG feature in which we spend one intense hour playing newly released games in order to get a sense not only of the game’s mechanics and characterization, but its narrative as well. Let us spend our time first, so that you don’t have to waste […]
Episode 65: Spirit Walk With Me: The Grand Theft Auto V Spoilercast (“Save As” to download or head over to iTunes to subscribe) The episode where all five of us come together to spoil GTAV in more ways than one. It’s a long episode but it is definitely worth it!!
One of the most fascinating things about writing for Not Your Mama’s Gamer is the audience that we attract. While I don’t have hard numbers/facts, I am almost positive that a majority of our readership are scholars/academics or people who stumbled on our site as an effect of being friends […]
Power Hour Reviews are a new NYMG feature in which we spend one intense hour playing newly released games in order to get a sense not only of game mechanics and characterization, but narrative as well. Let us spend our time first, so that you don’t have to waste yours. […]