Originally, this post was going to be an exploration of Dragon Ball Z: Kakarot as a JRPG—and I guess it’s not…not that, in some ways—but then I finally finished the Kakarot main story and thought it would be a good… Continue Reading
As a board game enthusiast, I often find myself grappling with issues of storage. Indeed, materiality itself invariably involves questions of just where to put all this stuff we accumulate. However, board games present their own unique challenge, as one… Continue Reading
I’ve racked up over 200 hours on Animal Crossing: New Horizons and I was late to this party. Initially, I wasn’t sure I’d even like the game or find it engaging. At first, I didn’t. Lots of waiting for the… Continue Reading
In a previous post I wrote about my love of the miniature dueling game Unmatched, published by Mondo and Restoration Games. Well, imagine my delight when I learned that Restoration Games was sponsoring a contest that asked fans to design… Continue Reading
Alright, so someone said something about the MLB using game media to solve in-person baseball problems and now I’m here for a long one. Anyone who has taken a seminar with me in the fall probably knows I’m a big… Continue Reading
Last month, I was ready to go off on a long-term adventure to complete Ubisoft’s 2017 Assassin’s Creed: Origins. However, during the first episode, my PC overheated and shut down upon pressing W, halting the show until I made some… Continue Reading
So this coming week marks the first week of a new show I’m running called Keeping it 100 (💯). By streaming (at least) once a week for (at least) a couple of hours, I’m going to play through a game… 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
For the past several weeks Kelly has been playing a dating sim that I recommended to her, Ace in Space. It’s a dating sim with 8 endings, wherein you play as Enby, known at the start of the game as… 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