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posted on 03/03/2013 in Originals
Imperium Sine Fine
In the middle of the Forum, the booming voice of an orator rumbles above the general din. He speaks of…
Aaron Matteson
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posted on 02/28/2013 in Originals
Shifting Roles
Story is critical for me when I choose to play certain kinds of video games. I enjoy fluff as much…
Alexandra Geraets
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posted on 02/27/2013 in Originals
Playing With Words
We sometimes think of the act of reading as a passive experience, where we, the recipients of information, appeal to…
Lana Polansky
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posted on 02/26/2013 in Originals
Persuasion
Proviso: Graphic descriptions throughout. Salisbury North rests about a hundred miles beyond Adelaide, a large country city that hugs Australia’s…
James Hawkins
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posted on 02/22/2013 in Originals
Pigeonholed
If you’ve heard anything about Fire Emblem: Awakening for 3DS, it’s likely all been good. The eleventh in the series,…
Jason Johnson
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posted on 02/21/2013 in Originals
Playstation And Me
The first time the PlayStation really caught my attention was back in 1998. I was in Spanish class and talking…
Ryan Winslett
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posted on 02/20/2013 in Originals
Dissonant Reviews: Miasmata
Chances are you haven’t played Miasmata. You have probably read very little about it, and what little you have probably…
Drew Dixon
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posted on 02/19/2013 in Originals
In Media Res
I grew up on the cusp of the Nintendo Generation, when video games were just starting to become commonplace in…
Samuel Sattin
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posted on 02/15/2013 in Originals
Sequins and Chainsaw Guns
Recently I went to a piece of musical theatre. While I watched a crowd of gorgeous, barely-dressed dancers whisper “Jazz!”…
Aaron Matteson
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posted on 02/14/2013 in Originals
The Genre Fitting Room
Dead Space 3 has made its presence known in my home. Or, rather, it’s made its presence known due to…
Alexandra Geraets
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Originals
It’s ComplicatedAs I use my spinning grappling hook to decapitate a foot soldier in the final act of BioShock Infinite, I…
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Originals
The Fantasy and Reality of ColumbiaColumbia is real. I’ve been there, after a fashion, ten hours, and a few more hours of sorting through my…
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Originals
Bad WordsLook, I love games. I love talking about games, and I love writing about games. But it can be maddening…
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Originals
Conspicuous ConsumptionI used to love going to the grocery store with my mom. It was a bonding experience, an excursion, an…
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Originals
This Is A Story About A ChildWhen you step into the world, you are a tiny man in a brown shirt with red overalls, but who…