posted on 01/15/2013 in Originals
Eight Steps Forward: Slender: The Eight Pages
Welcome to Eight Steps Forward, our unique Year in Review series that looks at specific games from 2012 that were…
Rich Shivener
posted on 01/14/2013 in Originals
Him & Me; I & Him
The first thing you’re greeted with when you boot up a copy of Far Cry 3 is a Rorschach test,…
Jason Johnson
posted on 01/10/2013 in Originals
A Rat With An Existential Crisis
I will admit to being a modest animal. I’m what many might consider to be the lowest of the low….
Richard Clark
posted on 01/10/2013 in Originals
The Dark Days Of A New Year
I’m giving up video games. Okay, not really. But dirty little thoughts like that always seem to pop into my…
Ryan Winslett
posted on 01/08/2013 in Originals
Eight Steps Forward: The Walking Dead
Welcome to Eight Steps Forward, our unique Year in Review series that looks at specific games from 2012 that were…
Rich Shivener
posted on 01/07/2013 in Originals
Heavy Metal XCOM: War Pigs
[Part one] Part Two Tensions were high in the back of the drop ship. The four vocalists-turned XCOM soldiers sat…
Gus Mastrapa
posted on 01/04/2013 in Originals
Stop Me If You’ve Heard This One
The Shelby Cobra 427 careens down the rain-slick highway, its cherry red paint a strobe of color as it speeds…
Ryan Winslett
posted on 01/04/2013 in Originals
Decision Points
One reason I find myself drawn to RPGs more than any other genre is that they are infinitely more likely…
Aaron Matteson
posted on 01/03/2013 in Originals
Quests & Consequences
Role playing games love their drama, tension, and high moral flair. Western RPGs rely on characters and stories that push…
Alexandra Geraets
posted on 01/02/2013 in Originals
Zombie Games Infected My Brain!
4:00am Okay. The first thing we need to do is to block off the alley leading into the apartment complex….
Rowan Kaiser
Originals
The Cost Of GamingAfter spending an untold number of hours traipsing through the jungles of Far Cry 3 and another 30 hours guiding…
Originals
Hold It CloseWhen I was a kid, I made a crucial miscalculation. I turned up my nose at the hugely popular Nintendo…
Originals
Play This: Notes from a Creative Writing ConferenceHere it is: March 2014. Seattle. I’m seeing it, its downtown filled with emerging and veteran scribes of fiction, creative…
Originals
Oh, The MundanityThere are a few small things you have to get out of the way before you can get to the…
Originals
Vocalizations: A Rather Harmless Exercise In Mind ControlJost Van Dyke. Twenty-three nautical miles northwest. Accelerating through the crests in his faithful yacht the Saint Sebastien, Boris had…