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Destiny and Writing
1. Destiny is a hodgepodge of a lot of different mechanical and conceptual elements that sometimes cohere but mostly fall apart, together, spectacularly. It’s hard to point to Destiny‘s strong points at this moment, but it is quite easy to point to … Continue reading
Posted in Video Games
Tagged brendan keogh, carolyn petit, destiny, patrick klepek, peter dinklage, the sword of crota, videogames
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Tomb Raider, The Last of Us, and deliberate action
A few days ago Cara Ellison wrote a wonderful piece about Tomb Raider and the difference between the earlier and later games in the series. My experience with Tomb Raider as a kid was limited to buying it in a bargain bin and having … Continue reading
On Alastor and Ifrit
1. A while back Oscar Strik wrote an article titled “An Ode To Objects” where he explained that the most wonderful items in games are ones that are clearly part of the game world itself. Essentially, if you can “plug … Continue reading
Posted in Video Games
Tagged alastor, devil may cry, ifrit, jane bennett, objects, oscar strik, videogames
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On Timesplitters
This article was voted on and supported by my Patreon page. Timesplitters 2 was the most significant game of my teenage gameplaying years. It is comprised of several micronarratives taking place throughout human history, and the core of the game involves the … Continue reading
You Buy It I Write It: Karateka (2012)
This was written as part of my longform project where I play anything someone purchases for me. You can read more about that here. Videogames have strange relationships with time. There’s the time-to-complete, which is a measurement of how long … Continue reading
Posted in Video Games, You Buy It I Write It
Tagged karateka, martial arts, simon parkin, videogames, you buy it I write it
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On Assassin’s Creed: Revelations – The Animus
This essay is in a longform series of posts about the Assassin’s Creed series. It is supported by my Patreon page. 1. The Assassin’s Creed series up to Revelations all follow a pattern of nested interfaces: you are a player controlling Desmond Miles who is strapped … Continue reading
Posted in Assassin's Creed, Video Games
Tagged assassin's creed, assassin's creed: revelations, ideology, videogames
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On Assassin’s Creed: Brotherhood – City
This essay is in a longform series of posts about the Assassin’s Creed series. It is supported by my Patreon page. Assassin’s Creed: Brotherhood is a departure from the previous games in the series in that it takes place almost completely … Continue reading
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Tagged assassin's creed, assassin's creed 2: brotherhood, community, videogames, violence
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Robert Yang on Half Life and Coding and Lots of Other Things
I really enjoy this video of a talk Robert Yang gave at the NYU Gamecenter a couple months back. In particular, I like that Yang pushes (and has been pushing in a lot of places like his blog, twitter, other … Continue reading
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Tagged code, robert yang, tool, videogames
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Riff Raff on the History of Videogames
Riff Raff was on the “Replay” show for Gameinformer recently, and after he utterly slammed the hell out of Toejam and Earl II, he designed a game. At the top, he gave a little bit of a history lesson paired with some … Continue reading
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