As someone who grew up playing video games, I often take for granted just how many tropes have become commonplace to me. Recently, I was watching my wife’s first play-through of Aladdin on the Super Nintendo. While she was playing, Laura became quite upset at the idea that enemies were respawning the moment she wandered off-screen. “It makes no sense! When…
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My personal plea to those in the game industry
(Above: Photo of exhibit at the Computer and Video Game Archive, Duderstadt Center, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI.) Save your records. And no, I don’t mean those things that go on turntables and produce sounds — I mean your records. The paper and digital content you produce every day. The documentation of your work,…
United We Game is Accepting Submissions!
Hello Everyone! We are excited to announce that as of Saturday May 4th, United We Game (referred to as UWG from here on) will be accepting post submissions! We’ve been looking forward to doing this since we began back in March and are incredibly excited to start working with our fellow games bloggers as UWG…
The moral compass and where it leads (or doesn’t)
If you follow my personal blog, you might have noticed that I recently finished Red Dead Redemption. If you don’t follow my blog, well…OMG go follow it now! Haha…just kidding (mostly). Anyway, Red Dead Redemption. Simply put, Red Dead is a brilliant game. It’s wonderfully designed, beautiful to look at, and thrilling to play. And…
The Wiimote and Me: An Onerous Ode
I hate the Wiimote. I know people have been saying it for several years, but now I’m saying it. I hate the Wiimote. I don’t hate the Wii, just the stupid remote and nunchuck controllers. I can’t stand them. And only just recently, I caved. Finally. I bought a Classic Controller. And it is good….
Being Okay With Being Outmoded
“Have you played Bioshock Infinite?” my co-worker excitedly asked me the other day. “No, not yet.” I responded, “It looks great, though I’ve never played a Bioshock game.” He looked confused. “You’ve…what?! They’re great games, well, maybe not the second one…but you should really give them a shot, especially Infinite.” Yeah, well…” my gaze turned…
VIRTUAL BASTION 