jwiltzerOct 18, 20184 min readGame Review: Octopath TravelerIf you are Nintendo Switch gamer or RPG fan, you have probably heard of the game that received much praise this summer: Octopath...
Cavell MeansOct 18, 20182 min readRaising the CURTAIN on AbuseWhen playing through CURTAIN yesterday, I couldn't help but feel emotional. The game uses its extremely pixelated graphics to great...
smcOct 18, 20182 min readGone Home: Uncle OscarSpoilers, TW: abuse/assault and homophobia A part that lingers after playing Gone Home is the embedded narrative of Uncle Oscar. Among...
Albert AboafOct 17, 20181 min readBioshockingI think I might be getting a bit ahead of myself here considering that next weeks topic is "choice" but in class on Tuesday when we broke...
cxmOct 17, 20182 min readSound in BioShock and Gone Home BioShock used a plethora of sounds to create an eerie dystopian atmosphere. From the 1950’s music playing constantly in the background to...
Matt ZehnerOct 17, 20184 min readGame Review: Sid Meier's Civilization VICW: Mental Health, Depression, Anxiety; As of the time of writing, I have 260 hours logged in Sid Meier’s Civilization VI. The majority...
nathancm99Oct 17, 20184 min readGame Review: Spec Ops: The LineSpec Ops: The Line (2012) is a third-person shooter created by Yager Development and published by 2k Games. It is a game that flew under...
Stephanie DorrisOct 17, 20184 min readGame Review: Spyro the Dragon Spyro the Dragon, a platformer game that was first released for the original Sony Playstation, was an immensely popular and nostalgic...
Siri LeeOct 17, 20186 min readGame Review: The shape you make when you want your bones to be closest to the surfaceWriter, game designer, and self-dubbed “dead swamp milf,” Porpentine Charity Heartscape is known for her atmospheric hypertext narratives...
wblahoodOct 16, 20184 min readGame Review: Octopath TravelerOctopath Traveler is 2018 JRPG published by Square Enix. In it, the player forms a party of eight distinct characters each with their own...
camrickOct 16, 20183 min readWho's Narrative Does Gone Home Capture?I’d like to expand on the comments regarding narrative in Gone Home by posing the question: who’s narrative is this? One might say that...
peterforbergOct 16, 20182 min readFPS: Address and InformationIn class we discussed a lot of ways in which the first-person perspective engages the player, specifically in relation to realism and...
lnlupaOct 16, 20184 min readGame Review: What Remains of Edith FinchReleased in 2017 by Giant Sparrow, What Remains of Edith Finch is a walking simulator not dissimilar to Gone Home. Like Gone Home, What...
peterforbergOct 16, 20185 min readGame Review: Garry's ModIn 2004, escapism was being mass-produced by a diligent army of online role-players. The past year had witnessed the launch of some...
sgretaOct 16, 20183 min readGone Home as Narrative SpaceWhile playing Gone Home over the weekend, my roommate walked into my room to ask me what I was doing. I explained that I was playing a...
nichoa1998Oct 15, 20182 min readGone Home's AtmosphereContent warning: Self-harm mention I remember back when Gone Home was released that I had avoided it because of its initial impression....
Matt ZehnerOct 15, 20183 min readRe-Playing Gone HomeThis is my second time playing Gone Home. Steam says I last played the game in September 2014, so it’s been four years since I had...
zacooiOct 14, 20183 min readExploring the problems with empathy gamesI read Liz Ryerson’s article before I played Problem Attic and consequently interpreted the game in a specific way. While playing the...
Jaire ByersOct 14, 20183 min readProgression Gameplay, Completionism, and Ableism in BraidFrom their colorful, E-rated franchises to their "easy to learn and difficult to master" game mechanics, Nintendo has been known for...
jrber763Oct 14, 20184 min readGame Review: NBA Street Vol. 2Quite possibly the greatest basketball video game of all time (90% on GameRankings and 90/100 on Metacritic), NBA Street Vol. 2 (released...
