I was looking for resources for my professional writing students who are interested in learning to program when I ran across this Lifehacker article. Many of their suggestions are great (and ones we have already discussed in class), but they list “Playing Coding Games,” and I hadn’t heard of that. […]
Monthly Archives: February 2015
28 posts
As I’ve mentioned on this blog before, horror is one of my favorite genres when it’s done right. Good horror games blend amazing atmosphere, intriguing narratives, and clever game mechanics to create experiences that evoke engagement and emotion. I’ve been burned by horror games recently, but Darkest Dungeon reminds me […]
Konami has been running a holiday poll asking fans to vote on best couple from a game for Valentine’s Day, and while several selections have been straightforward — actual couples — on their official @Konami Twitter (and I assume the associated poll, but the links no longer work), there have […]
Among the Sleep delves into a fictional child’s innermost fears in a world where the shadows stretch impossibly long and coat racks look like monsters or shady strangers. While the game features some horror title standards, like a physically weak protagonist, poorly lit environments, and the occasional jump scare, there’s […]
Not Your Mama’s Gamer is happy to welcome Ashley Barry as a guest writer to the site. She may be familiar to some as she was a guest on the podcast about a month ago. Listeners found her fun and engaging so we decided to ask her to come on […]
Since I’ve been going to lots of talks in my department that focus on people and their teaching philosophies (gotta love job search time) it’s been forcing me to think more about what it would look like if I gave a talk about about my own pedagogical teaching practices (don’t […]
Episode 94: #gamingconfessions: The Deep Dark Secrets of NYMG (“Save As” to download or head over to iTunes to subscribe) The episode where we divulge our deepest, darkest #gamingconfessions. Come and listen to ours and then feel free to share yours in the comments.
I’ve been thinking a lot about the continued impacts of GamerGate lately, though not perhaps in the larger sense of wondering what it all means, but how it jibes with my experience with and in gaming media. While it’s been several years since I did any writing about games outside […]
Over the past few days, I’ve spent a lot of time playing/researching classic games, due to both the release of Grim Fandango Remastered and the upcoming demise of Club Nintendo. Last week I picked up Grim Fandango because it looked like a fun game that I could play on my […]
As you may have surmised from reading some of my other posts, I’m a huge Borderlands fan. I love the game, I love the tone, I love the stories, and I love the unique world Gearbox has created. So, when Tales from the Borderlands was announced I bit my tongue […]
I admit it, sometimes I feel like I’m being a little bit hard on Nintendo and of the various studios they direct and/or publish for when I critique the way they present gender in their games. After all, in comparison to some of the other big name game studios, they […]
I’m lucky. My love of computers and technology has been supported since childhood. I’ve gone to schools that were, if not exactly rich, still plenty wealthy enough to afford multiple computer labs (I played Oregon Trail on both Macs and PCs). Now, I study and teach at Purdue, where even […]