The game space is a controversial place to be right now. A perfect storm of people exploring sexism in games, gamers being misogynist fuckhats, and clueless developers talking excitedly about how they’re going to treat their female leads in new…
I am super tired today, so rather than a new essay I’m going to be sharing with you the work I’ve done so far on a project for this site. This is the start of a glossary of gaming terms…
I’m not going to claim that the concept of self-expression in games is a new one. There’s always some new game coming out boasting its level of customization which allows players to express their personalities in new and exciting ways…
“And maybe we’ll get lucky and we’ll both live again, well I don’t know, I don’t know, I don’t know, don’t think so.” I am sitting in front of my computer trying to write an article. I am confident that…
The Challenge Challenge in competitive games is a tricky beast. While it’s largely the case that the challenge of your experience is determined by the skill of the players you’re competing against, the game design itself contributes to the challenge…
Game Over. Two words that strike terror into the heart of every gamer. Except they really don’t, any more, because that concept has fallen by the wayside long ago. It seems that nowadays games don’t end when a player fails,…
It’s Saturday and I’m still alive. I’ve managed to do a thousand word essay a day for four days in a row now, sufficient to make this site meaty enough that a first-time reader will have something to sink their…
Today is the day I start trying to promote the Problem Machine, to spread awareness of it beyond my immediate circle of friends and family. I’m basically terrified. Some things come easily to me. I’ve always been creatively inclined, probably…
Yes. It’s an article about violence in video games. How terribly cliche. I’m going to start here by stating my opinions on violence in games, and then work backwards to explain the reasons why I feel the way I do.…
I don’t know where achievements started. I know they achieved mass popularity with the XBox 360 and its GamerScore system, which has become ingrained enough in the identity of that console that it is now impossible to release a game…
