posted on 01/25/2013 in Commentary
The last time I visited Heavenly Host Elementary School, four of my friends died. The school is cursed, you see,…
Ryan Winslett
posted on 01/14/2013 in Commentary
Chances are you’ve had a nightmare in which you were falling, and just before you hit the ground, you woke…
Rich Shivener
posted on 01/09/2013 in Commentary
There seem to be two distinct, but corollary, ideas that pervade role-playing game fandom: that RPGs are where good video…
Joseph Leray
posted on 12/26/2012 in Commentary
If you’re interested in hosting a karaoke party, the Karaoke app for Xbox Live is worth downloading. But be warned:…
Rich Shivener
posted on 12/17/2012 in Commentary
“Feeling sore or tired? Take a break.” After completing the Red Bull Crashed Ice world championship in a little more…
Rich Shivener
posted on 12/11/2012 in Commentary
My fingers fly across the screen. I’m trying desperately to keep up with “Son of the Sun,” but its crazy…
Ryan Winslett
posted on 11/29/2012 in Commentary
I was laid off from my full-time job the day after Call of Duty: Black Ops II was released, so…
Jeremy Zoss
posted on 11/28/2012 in Commentary
If the paratext of Borderlands 2 looks like anything, it’s a gun. This has already been more or less established…
Lana Polansky
posted on 11/26/2012 in Commentary
I don’t mean to brag, but I’m something of a big deal in the boxing ring. World champion, baby. I…
Ryan Winslett
posted on 11/14/2012 in Commentary
There are many words that pair well with “random.” Anxiety. Surprise. Stress. Excitement. Unknown. The PlayStation Mini game Breakquest Extra…
Rich Shivener
Perspective might be the most subjective thing about video games. It’s a personal thing, as I’ve never met another gamer…
It was somewhere around the time when I was fighting a giant, undead, car-flinging grizzly bear with a massive zombie-bulldozer-thing…
The wise fool is a trope of classical literature and drama. This character is seen as bumbling and nonsensical, however…
Sacred Citadel is a side-scrolling beat-‘em-up adventure that looks and plays like a Saturday morning cartoon from the 1990s, but…
About five minutes into Dead Island: Riptide, my character slams a crowbar across the skull of an infected soldier, and…