posted on 10/05/2012 in Commentary
My favorite holiday is almost upon us. Not Halloween, the one after that. Thanksgiving. I have always loved Thanksgiving, even…
Jeremy Zoss
posted on 10/03/2012 in Commentary
The red sun beats down mercilessly on an arid sea of sand, the horizon a desolate line punctuated by a…
Lana Polansky
posted on 09/25/2012 in Commentary
Thirty minutes into Double Dragon: Neon, I was spent. I was tackling the game locally with my friend Owen, and…
James Hawkins
posted on 09/19/2012 in Commentary
I tried to be clever about my review of Mark of the Ninja. I have to admit that I felt…
Jeremy Zoss
posted on 09/19/2012 in Commentary
A 1997 Italian film directed by Roberto Benigni tells the story about a family ruptured apart by war, genocide and…
Lana Polansky
posted on 09/17/2012 in Commentary
They say video games are addictive. What they call “Addiction,” I call “Fun.” Addictions are to needles and bottles and…
James Hawkins
posted on 09/14/2012 in Commentary
Some games ignite a certain rage in me, so much so that I’ve thrown controllers, spit on screens and tainted…
Rich Shivener
posted on 09/11/2012 in Commentary
Being hit feels a lot like having your heart broken, right at the moment of impact. Like the bruising sting…
James Hawkins
posted on 08/27/2012 in Commentary
What is it that makes a game meaningful? Must it say something about human nature? Are the workings of the…
Rowan Kaiser
posted on 08/22/2012 in Commentary
As much as it must suck to be Mark Zuckerberg these days, it could be worse. He could be at…
Jason Johnson
As I use my spinning grappling hook to decapitate a foot soldier in the final act of BioShock Infinite, I…
Columbia is real. I’ve been there, after a fashion, ten hours, and a few more hours of sorting through my…
Look, I love games. I love talking about games, and I love writing about games. But it can be maddening…
I used to love going to the grocery store with my mom. It was a bonding experience, an excursion, an…
When you step into the world, you are a tiny man in a brown shirt with red overalls, but who…