Work on Dishonored 2 took time, such time that there’s no chance of the story purposefully mimicking too much of what’s happening in the world now, but then again, the story of what’s happening in the world now is an old one, a repeated cycle of suffering, the haves not […]
Monthly Archives: December 2016
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I’ve mentioned before that my mother started gaming in her 70s (sorry mom) in order to play games with my daughter and I thought that this was the coolest thing ever. This Christmas I gifted her with some appropriate gaming accessories for her 3DS (because she’s not that much of […]
This article spoilers for Dark Souls and Bloodborne in entirety. “Remember, there are no happy endings in Dark Souls.” Wise words from my partner that I rapidly chose to ignore almost as much as Rule 1 (Don’t Get Greedy). It’s not that I wanted to ignore these. I typically take […]
When I wrote my first post for Not Your Mama’s Gamer three months ago, I didn’t anticipate writing a follow-up about Blizzard and representation so soon. I admit, my cynical expectation would have been that if I were writing a follow-up, it would be my continued criticism of their abysmal […]
The issue of mental illness in games has been an important topic in the games community for the past few years, though it has yet to really breach the world of game studies in academia. Here at NYMG we have published two pieces dedicated to the issue, and have mentioned […]
Episode 142: 2016: A Podcast Year in Relief (Right click and save as to download, or find us on iTunes, Stitcher, Google Play, or TuneIn). In this week’s episode several of us have chosen our favorite podcast moments from the last year and brought them together with our thoughts. It’s a great short(er) episode to […]
The holiday gift giving season is the time of year when I have to make one admission to myself (and this year to the world). I love toys. And I’m not talking about video games as toys, that’s a given. I’m talking about actual toys. Geek toys that stem from […]
[This article is about Rogue One: A Star Wars Story, and is SPOILER FREE] Star Wars has always been one of the driving forces of my pop culture background. My parents took me to see the Special Edition release of A New Hope when I was ten and since then […]
I’m not a completionist, as a rule. I don’t have to get all the achievements or find all the secrets or upgrade all the weapons just because. Sometimes these goals feel arbitrary, and frankly, I’ve got better things to do. But there are some goals I will pursue, lying in […]
On Saturday, December 17, 2016 we are hosting our fifth Gaming for Good event. This time we have chosen Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) as our charity. Since 1971 the SPLC has been fighting hate and bigotry in the United States. Since November 8th we have seen an enormous increase […]
This contains possible spoilers for The Last Guardian. It was like coming home. For a brief moment I looked around the room for my mother, or brother, or sister, or father. The people who had been around when I started the journey with these games. Shadow of the Colossus, a […]
As the end of the semester approaches, I’ve found myself buried up to my neck in final projects. While this has cut into the vast majority of my usual video game time, I was fortunate that one of the final projects involved some time in front of the screen. A […]
Prior to heading home for Thanksgiving, I picked up the Oregon Trail card game. As I wrote about before, my mother has recently expressed an interest in playing games, and I thought the game would be fun and nostalgic. I missed the mark a bit on the nostalgia part, however, […]
Episode 141: All I Want for Giftmas (2016 Edition) (Right click and save as to download, or find us on iTunes, Stitcher, Google Play, or TuneIn). In this week’s episode we take some time to talk about gifts that we’d like to give to or receive from folks in our lives. Our suggestions range […]
It’s the most wonderful time of the year. The time when friends and family members start to send us frantic texts about games they should and shouldn’t be purchasing for the children on their holiday lists. Taking that into consideration I thought that I might create a kind of kid-safe wish […]
I went a bit off the rails recently when it comes to buying new games and gaming accessories. Maybe I was shopping away my anxiety about the status of the world politically and environmentally; who knows. But the recent games and gadgets have helped reignite my love of gaming in […]