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Game Over, Man! 14 Feb 2013 | 06:27 am
One of the toughest things about not having a bona fide career in games writing is not getting to join in the exquisite fun of lambasting a terrible game. I’m almost certainly over-romanticizing the ...
10000000 Reasons to Love Freedom 27 Aug 2012 | 03:42 am
I had the strangest dream, you guys. I was playing around on Twitter and I noticed a few people talking about this game called 10000000. It seemed like they were having fun, so I went to the app stor...
A Lazarus Project of My Very Own 11 Mar 2012 | 10:09 am
When last I left John Shepard: Infiltrator, he was a man defined by flux; caught between life and death, rugged heroism and chaotic neutrality. My Mass Effect 1 paragon had died and been reborn a Mass...
The Art of the SOPA Blackout 19 Jan 2012 | 08:25 am
I’m home sick from work today, and as is my home-sick routine, I spent some of this morning watching the Today Show in bed. I don’t know why I do it—it’s a terrible show, but it’s a tradition. And a d...
Cracking Final Fantasy XIII's Immersion Problem 17 Jan 2012 | 02:12 pm
Last week, in anticipation of Square-Enix’s upcoming Final Fantasy sequel-within-a-sequel (INCEPTION!), Jason Schreier wrote a piece for Joystiq titled, “Why Final Fantasy XIII Just Didn’t Work.” It’...
Under My Thumb: Super Crate Box 6 Jan 2012 | 08:58 pm
Just the other day, I posted about how, despite the wonder and convenience and social acceptability of iPhone gaming, the nature of touchscreen controls left me wishing for buttons and/or invisible th...
3DSuccess! A Tale of Two Handhelds 4 Jan 2012 | 09:29 pm
Today, Nintendo announced that the 3DS cleared 4 million units in the US in 2011. Last week, I bought Grand Theft Auto III for my iPhone. These facts are completely unrelated. And yet, one has me thi...
A Handy Guide to the Literature of Skyrim 3 Jan 2012 | 12:10 pm
I have to admit to a bit of a healthy preoccupation with the literature of Skyrim. I actually enjoy taking a moment away from adventuring to cozy up with a good book. Being a Skyrim bookworm has provi...
30 Minutes with Dark Souls 2 Jan 2012 | 10:30 am
I didn’t really believe it, but I get it now. I recently spent some time discussing cruelty in current-gen games, and a friend asked why I had left out Dark Souls. The truth is that I hadn’t played i...
On Roman Numerals, Abuse of 31 Dec 2011 | 07:30 pm
I can appreciate a good set of Roman numerals, I really can. There’s a certain elegance to a well-placed II or a III—a primitive sort of appeal that cuts above the artifice of language and says in the...
