I had a brief conversation with Kris Ligman this evening about the Game Church, which led to me reading an interview they did with Steve Gaynor of Fullbright about Gone Home. In reading it, I had what the kids are calling "some feels" and while it won't make a very long blog post (sorry America), it's too longform… Continue reading Not Ghosts But Spirits
Category: Narrative in Games
Went Home
Alright. So thanks to a gift from Maddy Myers, I went home. I had no plans to buy the game, mostly because "mansion games" (thank you Robert Yang) or "first person experiences" (thank you Cameron Kunzelman) aren't my thing. I don't really enjoy point and click adventures, or games where you progress by turning over every little thing until… Continue reading Went Home
Musica Mundana — Secular Christian Rock
So back when I was first making these posts I joked on Twitter about the silly directions this could go. One of those directions was an explanation of how the soundtrack to Subarashiki Kono Sekai (aka The World Ends With You) is basically Christian rock with the references to God/Jesus/religion removed. Well guess what, internet: I'm bored,… Continue reading Musica Mundana — Secular Christian Rock
Infinite Regress
I know I probably shouldn't but I'm going to write a thing on Bioshock Infinite since I played it all the way through, and a theme in the game has been gnawing at me. It doesn't hurt that the theme now has echoes/resonances in other arguments going on among the beautiful people of gaming criticism, who… Continue reading Infinite Regress
Mass Effect 3: Extended Director’s Unrated Super Special Rainbow Alpha Neo Ending EX
Right. You knew it was coming, so let's just get it over with. Obviously, spoilers for good old Mass Effect 3 and the Extended Cut endings, after the jump. So, when I first saw the "traditional ending," I wrote in this space about how the ending had a few holes and a few elements I didn't like,… Continue reading Mass Effect 3: Extended Director’s Unrated Super Special Rainbow Alpha Neo Ending EX
Bio-aware
A very small post for you -- a number of people at PCA who came to our gender and sexuality in Bioware games panel asked if I would send them the slides from my talk on same-sex romance options. (Those links will probably be broken in about a month! Enjoy them while you can!) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XS83e65LMp8#t=01m46s Anyhow, I… Continue reading Bio-aware
Losing my religion
Okay so on reflection I had more thoughts to share on the ME3 ending. There are spoilers behind the cut. Also, it's worth reading through a friend and colleague's comments on my previous post which are also insightful (spoilers there too, natch). Right. So I gave some thought to this while I was talking it out… Continue reading Losing my religion
Getting my mass effected
Okay. Blog posts are supposed to have pretty pictures because the internet hates text but I need to get my thoughts about the ME3 ending on 'paper' now while they're fresh. So here they go. SORRY AMERICA. [Ed. note: Also, because I wrote this last night at god knows how late, I went through this morning… Continue reading Getting my mass effected
From Narshe, with love
As I pretty much just said on Twitter, any topic that reaches five Twitter posts' worth of commentary from me is going to get a full-on blog post. We'll see how long I stick to that. Lately I've had discussions in multiple arenas about what makes a good Final Fantasy game. Co-GAMBITeer Matt Weise and… Continue reading From Narshe, with love