"Reality, unlike games, is broken." – Jane McGonigal
In 2016, The Learned Fangirl is introducing an exciting new series called the Seminar Series, and I have the honor of being the author of the first one, on epic storytelling in the Dragon Age series. (Should you be interested … Read More »
So it’s been a crazy holiday so far, and I apologize for being dreadfully behind on updates. So first, here’s part three of my As-I-Play Rise of the Tomb Raider over on The Learned Fangirl. For all that I make … Read More »
This week’s AIP post on Bastion over on TLF–things change up a bit in terms of the usual pattern.
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 »
This is not a post about games or gaming. It is not a post about how videogames cause or do not cause gun violence. This is a post about race and gender and entitlement and how those things, rife within … Read More »
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 »
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.
Over the years, the gaming phenomenon known as the Penny Arcade Expo–PAX–has become increasingly popular. Now, there are five PAXes: PAX Prime, PAX East, PAX South, PAX Dev, and PAX Aus. I have been to PAX East several times over … Read More »
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 »
If you’re a Mass Effect fan, you know what N7 day is. If you’re not… the N7 program is a military unit in the ME universe. Today is November 7th, hence, N7. I’m just going to take this opportunity to … Read More »
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.
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.
So today’s bizarre straight-white-troll objection (no, not Star Wars–this is a gaming blog, so I’m leaving that one to the film people) is to the US version of Fatal Frame. Let me begin by saying I know absolutely nothing about the game itself, … Read More »
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 »
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 »