Category: Opinion

Opinion

In Praise of Negative Space in Video Game Storytelling

Post author By Raven Wu
Post date March 27, 2021
2 Comments on In Praise of Negative Space in Video Game Storytelling

Saying something with nothing. Adding by subtracting.

Tags amnesia, Hollow Knight, negative space in storytelling, soulsborne, storytelling, video game storytelling

Opinion

The Peculiar (Dis)comfort of Slime Rancher

Post author By Emma Kostopolus
Post date March 6, 2021
1 Comment on The Peculiar (Dis)comfort of Slime Rancher

Home on the range

Tags colonialism in video games, farm sim, slime rancher, slime rancher opinion

Opinion

The Evolution of Edutainment

Post author By Dean Cooper
Post date February 27, 2021
1 Comment on The Evolution of Edutainment

From Carmen Sandiego to Twine

Tags double fine, edutainment, hack n' slash, school video games, stem, twine

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The Hunter Versus The Hunted

Post author By slickaria
Post date February 19, 2021
3 Comments on The Hunter Versus The Hunted

Small evolutions in survival horror

Tags amnesia, amnesia the dark descent, Capcom, frictional games, Resident Evil, Resident Evil 7

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The Gothic Protagonism of Bloodborne

Post author By Erik Oliver
Post date January 21, 2021
2 Comments on The Gothic Protagonism of Bloodborne

What lurks outside and within

Tags Bloodborne, Bloodborne gothic, FromSoftware, gothic

Opinion

Doomed Vaporwave Future

Is Paradise worth saving?

Tags kaizen game works, lady love dies, paradise, paradise killer, vaporwave

Opinion

The Best and Worst of Timelines

Post author By Althemar Gutierrez
Post date January 6, 2021
3 Comments on The Best and Worst of Timelines

Against AI: The Somnium Files’ priorities

Tags ai the somnium files, ai: the somnium files, Kotaro Uchikoshi, zero escape, zero escape series

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Blaseball’s Absurdity Mirrors Our Current Times

Post author By harriettechan
Post date December 17, 2020
1 Comment on Blaseball’s Absurdity Mirrors Our Current Times

Are we doing a great job, too?

Tags blaseball, blaseball lore, the game band

Opinion

Mocking Succession

Trapped between modernity and tradition, the cicadas cry

Tags Higurashi When They Cry, meakashi, watanagashi

Opinion

The Invisible Hand in The Space Between

Post author By Tess Everman
Post date November 4, 2020
1 Comment on The Invisible Hand in The Space Between

The barriers we live within

Tags invisible hand, the space between, theatre