posted on 10/04/2012 in Originals
We’ve probably never met in person. You’re reading this, though, and you’re learning something about me. I’m putting myself on…
Alexandra Geraets
posted on 10/04/2012 in Originals
On September 17th, 2011, thousands flocked to Zuccotti Park in New York City’s Wall Street financial district to protest the…
Drew Dixon
posted on 10/02/2012 in Originals
Take a seat. It’s as if we’re sitting around a campfire, kindling it with our words and reflections. “As gamers,”…
Rich Shivener
posted on 10/01/2012 in Originals
It’s the middle of June 2007, in Chicago. I am standing on an El platform, possibly Fullerton, possibly Sedgwick, waiting…
Rowan Kaiser
posted on 09/28/2012 in Originals
Last Thursday, the Spanish publisher EnjoyUp released La-Mulana for Wii, a tough game about a whip-cracking archaeologist, not unlike Indiana…
Jason Johnson
posted on 09/27/2012 in Originals
The Xbox Kinect was supposed to be simple. At launch, an advertisement assured us, “You don’t have to know anything…
Richard Clark
posted on 09/26/2012 in Originals
I once showed a non-gamer friend the opening minutes of Bioshock. Ever since it was released, I’ve had the theory…
Jeremy Zoss
posted on 09/24/2012 in Originals
I held my breath and listened, certain that the three kids had heard me when I tripped and fell into…
Ryan Winslett
posted on 09/21/2012 in Originals
“O, that this too, too solid flesh would melt, Thaw, and resolve itself into a dew.” – Hamlet “The president…
Aaron Matteson
posted on 09/21/2012 in Originals
Describing Gamer Grub to people not versed in video games elicits wary reactions of confusion or outright disgust. The same…
Yannick LeJacq
There’s a big running joke that video games are like mainstream pornography. Like action movies, or any pulp media, they…
Welcome to Eight Steps Forward, our unique Year in Review series that looks at specific games from 2012 that were…
The last time I visited Heavenly Host Elementary School, four of my friends died. The school is cursed, you see,…
My heart aches, and a drowsy numbness pains My sense, as though of hemlock I had drunk. -Ode to a…
It feels like I’m getting ready to go out on a blind date. I know absolutely nothing about this next…