Games Are Art: A Response to Jonathan Jones
We have come a long way since 2012. I’d like to think that for the most part, we’re all a … Read more
Far Cry 3 and Games That Try to Do Everything
Until recently, I had never played Far Cry 3. I’d heard a lot about it, the charismatic villains, the beautiful … Read more
Skyrim Retrospective: An RPG Classic?
Skyrim was first released almost a decade ago. A lot has changed in that time, but Bethesda’s open-world epic is … Read more
My Neighbour Totoro: Bus Stop Ecology
My Neighbour Totoro, a film by Hayao Miyazaki and Studio Ghibli, is important for a number of different cultural and … Read more
Reasons To Love #3 – Risk of Rain 2
I need to make something clear. Yes, Risk of Rain 2, by Hopoo Games, is another roguelike, and yes roguelike … Read more
Sartre’s Nausea: No More Adventures
Nausea, by French writer and philosopher Jean-Paul Sartre, is without question, an existentialist masterpiece. A poignant and incisive analysis of … Read more
Walden: Reflections by the Pond
“Our life is frittered away by detail, simplify, simplify“ Henry David Thoreau While never having been out of fashion, so … Read more
Flowers For Algernon: Emotion and the Intellect
At some point in their life, everyone has wished they were just a little bit smarter. Maybe you don’t understand … Read more
Reasons to Love #2 – Monster Train
A new genre is emerging. In the wake of games like Slay the Spire, the deck-building roguelike appears to have established … Read more
G-String Review – Trying To Do Too Much?
G-String, developed by Eyaura, is the latest game to take a crack at seminal Source shooter Half-Life’s winning formula. Solo-developed for … Read more