…At the center of a low dishonest decade where selves grow immense, then shrink… – David Wojahn Let’s start with a simple question. What is this thing (Figure 1.0)? Well, in the world of Code Vein this little object is called a… Continue Reading
“I do not Dunkey, but I might have Spaghetti and meatballs if you ask nicely” Landon from GameStop Recently, the Lunch Zone crew and I got around to playing Heart of Enya – which is a game with relatively… Continue Reading
But how does one love what’s made of light and so far away – Emilia Philips Latte foam, the smell of a hastily made lunch, and buzzing computer fans are the essence of Serious Play. Our little collab, spread out… 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
What in-game and in-person elements determine how much time we’re willing to spend on a particular objective, narrative, or sequence in a game? Similarly, how does a player’s relationship to the time passing within a game and the time passing in the… Continue Reading
Last week, Serious Play welcomed UWM’s Chancellor Mark Mone, as well as Provost Johannes Britz and Chief of Staff Sue Weslow, for gameplay and conversation over Super Smash Brothers. The game, which began as something geared to a party context… Continue Reading
[Cross-posted to Doubt is an Art.] This past Wednesday, the Lunch Zone explored Parallax, a stark and yet somehow intimate puzzle game. The resolute black and white imagery, the abstract and icon-marked shapes, and sense of containment from being apparently… Continue Reading
As Nathan begins the latest foray into Yooka-Laylee (his 3rd for The Lunch Zone,) he muses aloud: “I was struggling on whether or not to play this again because I’m not sure what else there is to say about it.”… Continue Reading
Serious Play August 16, 2019 In the room: Nathan Humpal (playing), Kelly Brajevich This week, the Lunch Zoners played Playtonic Games’ 2017 platformer Yooka–Laylee, which borrows off nostalgia from the developer’s previous experiences creating the cult classic N64 title, Banjo-Kazooie… Continue Reading
Serious Play August 7, 2019 In the room: Nathan Humpal (playing), Kelly Brajevich, Josh Rivers, Thomas Malaby; online: Serious_Play, GameScholar, ludologue, and one other. It’s August and the academics are warming up for the start of seminar season three weeks… Continue Reading