AIP/TLF The Kid Goes Into the Wild (Bastion, Part Five)
22
Dec
This week’s AIP post on Bastion over on TLF–things change up a bit in terms of the usual pattern.
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AIP/TLF Not Just a Game (Rise of the Tomb Raider Part 2)
14
Dec
As I continued playing through Rise of the Tomb Raider, elements of the game’s narrative and mise en scene just started jumping out at me as being particularly apropos for the current state of the world. Even though I was … Read More »
Selling Out and Rising Up: TLF/AIP Rise Up (Rise of the Tomb Raider, Part One)
30
Nov
It likely comes as no surprise to anyone who actually reads this and my Twitter feed that I really, really, really like the new Rise of the Tomb Raider. A lot. So much so that I was already blathering about … Read More »
TLF: Kitties!: Neko Atsume Kitty Collector
23
Nov
So one of the games that has been eating my life recently is a bit outside my usual purview (or purrrrr-view, if you will): Neko Atsume Kitty Collector. I explain why over on TLF.
Catching Up: Borderlands, Bastion, and Tomb Raider
18
Nov
I guess I’ve gotten a little behind on this blog… and on pretty much everything else this semester. A couple of TLF posts have gone up since my last post here: an As-I-Play on Bastion and another on Borderlands 2. … Read More »
TLF North By Northeast: The SXSW Harassment-in-Gaming Debacle
3
Nov
So as last week’s SXSW “scandal” unfolded, I had a few thoughts about it. As it kept unfolding, I had a few more. They’re over on TLF.
TLF: I’m Batman!: Replaying Arkham Asylum
28
Oct
Recently I’ve been replaying Arkham Asylum for class, and I was reminded about just how awesome a game it still is, even six years later. So I wrote about it on TLF.
TLF/AIP Bastion: The Kid Falls Off (Two) – And an Announcement
19
Oct
New installment of my As-I-Play Bastion series over on TLF. In unrelated news, I got my advance copies of my book today. I have a book. It is published. It is a Real Thing. It is not at all about … Read More »
TLF/AIP Borderlands 2: From the Ashes (Twelve)
12
Oct
So after the mad-cat incident in which Grimm destroyed my Borderlands 2 disc, and a brief hiatus, I’ve returned to Pandora thanks to a new disc from a friend for my birthday – hence, a return to the As-I-Play Borderlands … Read More »
TLF Memento Terra Mori: Elegy for a Dead World
5
Oct
I did a write-up on Elegy for a Dead World from Dijoban Games over on TLF, including some of my students’ responses to it (I used it in class).
AIP/TLF Bastion: The Kid Gets Up (One)
28
Sep
So among the million other things I’ve been trying to do recently, playing through Bastion is one of them. It’s slow going, mostly because I only have so many hours in the day. I don’t expect this will be a … Read More »
TLF/AIP Borderlands 2: A Grimm Tragedy (Eleven)
21
Sep
For something a bit more lighthearted, my most recent As-I-Play Borderlands 2 post over on TLF.
TLF/AIP Dragon Age Inquisition: Well I Didn’t See THAT Coming (Nine)
14
Sep
The final post of my As-I-Play of Dragon Age: Inquisition has gone up over on TLF. I have, since then, replayed most of the game, and let me tell you, that ending really changes the way you see some of … Read More »
TLF Women are Their Own Reward: New Tropes vs. Women in Video Games (“Women as Reward”)
11
Sep
Last week, Anita Sarkeesian released her seventh episode in the Tropes vs. Women in Video Games series on “Women as Reward.” I reviewed it over on TLF.
TLF/AIP Borderlands 2: Throwing the Controller (Ten)
7
Sep
Yes, I know, I haven’t posted anything except links to posts over on The Learned Fangirl. I’m sorry. This semester is kicking my butt and it’s only week three. That said, here’s installment ten on my playthrough of Borderlands 2. … Read More »