Ok, obviously not all of that is play time. I’m in graduate school, and none of my seminar projects are about Wingspan, so this isn’t something I do for hours on end. But…I did convince half of my family to… Continue Reading
As I’m sure you know, Board Meeting (Serious Play’s show dedicated to analog board and card gaming) is currently on hiatus due to the ongoing pandemic. However, in addition to completing my coursework and preparing for my preliminary exams,… Continue Reading
On this week’s episode of The Arena, Erik, Kelly, and I discussed wonky character design, the failures of multinational corporations, and the phenomenon of using Twitch as a marketing platform. If this doesn’t quite make it clear: on this week’s… Continue Reading
In this midst of this quarantine, I’ve decided to turn back to my gaming roots, so to speak. I’ve been craving a good hyper-realistic shooter recently because, for me, the (broad and largely undefined/unexamined) genre has significant nostalgic value. For… Continue Reading
In January for The Arena I challenged myself to play Celeste (2018) as fast as I could. I had just finished the game for the first time at the end of December and was looking for a game to speedrun,… Continue Reading
The difference between “traditional” sports and Esports has been a long-debated subject. What defines an “Esport”? This week on Erik Kersting’s excellent Twitch show The Arena, he, along with guest hosts Janelle Malagon and visiting Fulbright Scholar Daniel Marques, probed… Continue Reading
Developer: Powerhoof (Twitter: @powerhoof) Released: April 2017 Genre: Local Multiplayer Platform: Steam Played: Wednesday, September 26, 2018 Show notes Josh, Laya, Nathan, and Kris sat down to play Crawl (Powerhoof, 2017). As has been the case with most of the… Continue Reading