The week started with a Power Hour Review of Blueline Games’ Hive and a plea (aka challenge) for opponents on Steam. Alisha responded to the latest installment of Anita Sarkeesian’s Tropes vs. Women in Video Game series, Ms. Male Character in her post, Put a Bow On It. Check it […]
Yearly Archives: 2013
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Today I am working from home like I have for most of the semester because I am on sabbatical and finally have some time to spend some dedicated research time (theoretically anyway), but today I am sitting at the desk in my home office rather than lounging around reading, sitting […]
I have a confession: sometimes I like to experience games without necessarily ever playing them. In other words, I dabble in vicarious play. Whether it’s because of a lack of money or other demands for my time, I occasionally find myself turning to the internet to watch playthroughs. I pick […]
A little over a year ago a woman named Debbie Sterling put a project on Kickstarter to develop “engineering” toys for girls in the age group of 5-9. The Kickstarter funded all of its $150k in just four days and continued to receive donations until it had received over $285,000 […]
I wanted to spend some time this morning talking about Anita Sarkeesian’s latest Tropes vs. Women video, “Ms. Male Character.” If you’ve listened to the podcast since I joined, you might know I’m not always Sarkeesian’s biggest fan. I support the work she does, but not always the way it’s […]
Hive was originally a board game that was developed in 2001 by John Yianni and Gen42 Games. It is an abstract strategy game, which means that you have pieces that can move according to certain rules, you alternate turns, and to be good at the game you have to think […]
We opened the week with Alex’s description of 3 Games Studies programs at 3 universities. This is, of course, a mere sampling, but a good place to start. Alisha’s post on (Mis)Representations of Women brought us back to the discussion that we had about MGS’s new scantily clad, mute, female […]
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 67: I Used to Go Black Friday Shopping, Then I Took An Arrow to the Elbow (“Save As” to download or head over to iTunes to subscribe) The episode where we give some insight into our favorite holiday gifts, for ourselves and our loved ones. Links of Note: World of Warcraft: […]
Pink hair, frills, magical girl powers and lots and lots of death; this is certainly how I would describe Long Live the Queen, a visual novel role-playing game created by Hanako Games. Originally debuted last year, it was only recently released on Steam to a larger public as a result […]
If you’ve been around for more than a month or so you already know my dirty little secret…I’m an early adopter. I buy consoles at launch. I can’t help it. I argue with folks on the podcast about how I’m not going to pre-order something, not going to buy it […]
Hideo Kojima issued a challenge to cosplayers everywhere when he said of Metal Gear Solid V’s sniper Quiet, “The initial target [of the character] is to make u want to do cosplay… [but] this one may not be cosplayable.” Challenge accepted and surmounted, Kojima, by one Kelly Jean, who is […]
Like our blog? Do you enjoy playing and thinking critically about games? Want to do something in the gaming industry but worry you don’t have the “tech” skills? Well you may not know it, but even without skills to make the games, there are still ways that you can further […]
It’s been a while since I did a play with your kids post and I really miss it. Pea and I have been playing a number of different games together, but none have really stuck (or replaced) the way that Ni No Kuni or Animal Crossing have. When I started […]
With the increase of video game consumers and gamers ever on the rise and the console war between the upcoming Xbox One and Playstation 4 rising to its peak, it’s really no surprise we’ve also been seeing an increase of game or gaming related advertisements on the television between our […]
One of the hardest things about being late to the comic book/graphic novel game is that there are so many series that are so well established it’s hard to know where exactly to start. As I’ve been diving head first into the comic book world over the past year and […]