There’s something to be said for when things go according to plan. It feels extremely validating when machinations are perfectly executed and go off without a hitch. Every single thing happens when it is supposed to happen or not happen and you arrive at your goal without so much as breaking a sweat, literal or [...]
Music plays a crucial role in video games. Really all forms of audio/visual entertainment, but let’s stick with video games here because that’s what I write about and that’s what you’re here for. But seriously: the sounds that come from your TV while you jump around and shoot everything are vital to your experience. Did [...]
Despite being a full-on action game, I played Far Cry 3 very conservatively. It may be a first-person shooter with lots of guns and pirates and unfriendly animals, but just about all of my actions were well calculated in my mind before I acted upon them. Each outpost would require scouting both within the camp [...]
Being It. That’s a concept I grew up on, and I’m sure it’s the same for you. You both love and loathe it. When it’s you, you don’t want to be. When it isn’t, that’s all you can think about. Cumulative years of my life have been spent centered around the simple notion of being [...]
Along with Journey from thatgamecompany, The Unfinished Swan is probably the most affecting game I’ve played this year. Hell, maybe ever. It joins a very small group of games that I could just write about forever and ever (the others include—among others you can probably guess—Dark Souls, Red Dead Redemption, Deus Ex, and the aforementioned [...]
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