Gaming is largely made up of two big landmasses. On the one hand, we have games that are truly games – with systems and high scores and scores of people to kill. On the other, there are experiences. The industry hasn’t been kind to these, calling them walking simulators and
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Endgame Review: The Hunger Games. Now With More Transmedia Synergy.
This is going to be a cynical review. Because this book is cynicism personified. As a computer science major, years ago, I had a pair of classes that were about writing. Very specifically, in order to become a Doctor of Science you had to write a research paper. We had
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I knew I didn’t like Order of the Phoenix very much when Harry turned into a whiny, insufferable guy who felt sorry for himself for the first hundred pages of that book. It felt needless. On the one hand, there was a reason for it [the events from Goblet of
Continue readingReady Player One Review: We’re From The Eighties And We’re Here To Help
Stop! We Are Good Times! At least, we were. The eighties was a time of growth for the computer game industry. It was also a little tumultuous. Right at the birth of the industry, Atari refused to allow their game creators to stamp their name on whatever they produced. One
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