You can watch this (admittedly quite long) video rather than read the text below, if that floats your boat: Thinking Outside the Box with Sokoban and Baba is You There are some game concepts that feel like they have existed… Continue Reading
You can watch this in video form here! You can tell a lot about how a horror movie by considering who the film is asking you to root for. Sometimes, we root for the “final girl,” or some potential victim… Continue Reading
You can watch this essay above or just read it below! These observations are based on our Lunch Zone stream of Prison Architect from a few weeks ago! Find that here (https://www.twitch.tv/videos/890243261) Do you ever put down a game for… Continue Reading
You may watch this video here: The first game I fell in love with was Super Mario 64. I can remember first seeing my cousins play it at my grandma’s house when I was six years ol d on an… Continue Reading
You can also watch this instead of read it here: You wake up in a abandoned space facility, it’s familiar, but something’s not quite right. The colors are off, darker than you expect. You see a window into the vastness… Continue Reading
The Satisfaction of Tetris Tetris, perhaps more than another other game, is described as “perfect” by video game critics. One such voice is MatthewMatosis (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tnztj1UlkQs), who argues Tetris is a perfect game because it is both simple and irreducible. It… Continue Reading
You can watch this essay in video form here: Is Cyberpunk 2077 Just Another Open World Game? While I’m not one who puts much stock in reviews, I found Gamespot’s assessment of Cyberpunk 2077 pretty interesting. While reading their article,… Continue Reading
You can also find this in video form here: A Pokemon Walking Simulator? The box art for Pokemon Snap is pretty brilliant, it showcases a bunch of pokemon, has a camera lens in the middle of the frame, and the… Continue Reading
You can watch this essay here! The first time I drove on the highway was harrowing. I had just started the second phase of driver’s education and it was pretty much my first time behind the wheel. It was no… Continue Reading
I turned this script into a video essay. You can read it below, or watch it! Introduction In recent years we have had a slew of great samurai themed games like Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice, Ghosts of Tsushima, and Nioh.… Continue Reading