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Monthly Archives: April 2009
April’s ’09 Round Table Entry – Torture
Taking Games Seriously, Making Game Seriously: This month’s Round Table challenges you to design a game that deals with a social issue that personally troubles you. The recent months have seen controversy sweep through the video game industry. Whether people … Continue reading
QWERTY: Why I Don’t Pay Him
(Last week he decided a moment of silence was in order for the fallen and the stolen. I think he was just being lazy. – Eric Swain) Disclaimer: QWERTY’s opinions are not mine nor the site’s. The psudonym QWERTY … Continue reading
The Storyline Behind Beyond Good and Evil
During the game’s tenure as the Vintage Game Club’s focus and playthrough, a lot of the discussion focused on the story and the player’s confusion that came about from it. Indeed it is confusing if you aren’t playing close attention and search out many of the details from conversations. Even then you have to make a number of inferences to get the whole picture. Continue reading
Posted in Game Essays, Recent Posts
Tagged Beyond Good and Evil, Game Essays, Story, Ubisoft
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Video Game Hall of Fame and Signs of Better Things
Yesterday over at Kotaku they had an article discussing the idea of a Video Game hall of fame. Where would this museum be? Ottumwa Iowa. Now before you go, ‘what the hell is Ottumwa?’ it does have some semblance of … Continue reading
Posted in External Sources, Recent Posts
Tagged External Sources, Game Issues, Hall of Fame
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A General Message to the Guy who Robbed Me
I try to be civil. I try to be nice and understanding to everyone. In other words it takes a lot to piss me off. Thank you to the asshole that broke into my room and stole my PlayStation 3. … Continue reading
The Killer 7 Argument – Beyond Good and Evil
Beyond Good and Evil definitely falls under the Killer 7 argument. It has been called a Zelda clone and in fact has even been called a Zelda for grownups. I’m not sure either of those monikers due it justice. It has many of the elements of a Zelda game. Environmental puzzles, dungeons, upgradeable equipments, but there is so much more going on here. Continue reading
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Tagged Beyond Good and Evil, Game Essays, Killer 7 Argument, Ubisoft
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QWERTY: Games are not Films…they’re Plays
Everyone is always comparing video games to movies and for some reason people are complaining about his. Someone says Citizen Kane this or The Godfather that and everyone gets all in a huff. Stop that. Looking to other mediums is the only way we’ll get any good games out of these people anytime soon. We need to learn so we can speed up the process. Continue reading