You may or may not be aware of this, but the Duck has never had a great relationship with handheld video games. They’re just so tiny and cramped and often lack controls sticks, and I just never got along with them very well. Nevertheless, I still have a good number of handheld consoles, largely thanks…
Category: Gamer’s Life
Let Them Play
Image by Flickr User: Tom Newby Photography (cc) The major controversy may have faded, but we never really saw a resolution to the root cause to all of the Youtube troubles that cropped up last year due to some new content policies and overly-zealous video-claiming. As far as I know, Fair Use law didn’t get…
From the Console’s Perspective: The Onset of Middle Age
Ever wondered what life might look like from the perspective of a video game console? No? Uh…oh. Is it weird that I have? Don’t answer that. Instead, blissfully follow me in this three-part series where I imagine how the trappings for humanity might appear to a game console. Could be any game console, maybe that game console you’re staring…
Why Haven’t We Moved On?
Image by Flickr User: Doug Kline (cc) There’s something different about this generation of home consoles. Not so much in the power or what they can do, but rather in our perception of them. Here we are, almost 10 months since the PS4/Xbox One launched, almost 2 years since the Wii U launched, and we’re…
From the Console’s Perspective: The College Years, and Then Some
Ever wondered what life might look like from the perspective of a video game console? No? Uh…oh. Is it weird that I have? Don’t answer that. Instead, blissfully follow me in this three-part series where I imagine how the trappings for humanity might appear to a game console. Could be any game console, maybe that game console you’re staring…
Pokemon is a Game of Great Moments
Image by Flickr User: BagoGames (cc) Normally a series as unchanging as Pokemon would have long ago faded into oblivion. We gamers usually demand a degree of change as we follow a series, so it should be a wonder that Pokemon has persisted so long without many major changes to the formula. It should be,…
From the Console’s Perspective: The Halcyon Days of Youth
Ever wondered what life might look like from the perspective of a video game console? No? Uh…oh. Is it weird that I have? Don’t answer that. Instead, blissfully follow me in this three-part series where I imagine how the trappings for humanity might appear to a game console. Could be any game console, maybe that game console you’re staring…
I Get It Now
I used to be quite the game hoarder. Once I got a game, I would usually never get rid of it, no matter how bad it was. It probably doesn’t make a whole lot of sense, but I worried that a day would come where I would’ve played all my good games too recently to…
Eight Thousand Seven Hundred and Sixty Hours.
Image by Flickr User: Of Corgis & Cocktails (cc) Before I get stuck in to the main part of the article i owe you guys an apology, it’s been quite some time since I last posted anything on here! The main reason being that I’ve started a Youtube channel and that’s been taking up a…
Hategame: The Adventures of Cookie & Cream
(This article was edited from the original, How Two Bunnies Nearly Ruined My Life, which appeared on Recollections of Play, 11/29/11.) Thinking back on the video games I’ve played, I realize that “hate” is a pretty rare and strong word in my gaming vocabulary. I’ve played bad games, uninteresting games, and great games that just…
VIRTUAL BASTION 