Multi-colored, interconnecting plastic bricks–such simple and brilliant playthings. According to the Danish company’s website: “The name ‘LEGO‘ is an abbreviation of the two Danish words ‘leg godt,’ meaning ‘play well.'” LEGO video games are as popular as ever. I confess, I am a rabid fan. I have the Star […]
Sarah White
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I cheat…or do I? First of all, I want to make a clear distinction between cheating and griefing and hacking. Disrupting someone else’s gaming experience is mean, and I can’t imagine that it would be considered fun. So, I am not bothered by codes of conduct that encourage players to […]
In this world, we can only experience reality through one set of eyes, one perspective–our own. I am a Caucasian female that has aged 37 years. There are a few things I can do to alter this identity, but for the most part, I am who I am, defined by […]
I teach English. What this means is what it has meant my entire life–people expect you to correct their grammar, hope to correct you at your grammar, and try to best you at word games. I enjoy a good hefty narrative video game with plenty of plot to chew, but […]
Here is my list of my favorite scary video games in reverse order: 5. Adventure As a ten-year-old playing games in world where a colored squared seemed magical, I might be showing my age to admit that the dragons of Adventure were among the first video game characters to get […]
On a warm, sunny Sunday afternoon, I sat on a couch and obsessively played Angry Birds. I had the chance to go outside and be with friends, but I just couldn’t stop launching birds at those mocking, green pig faces. Still, I listened to the exotic tweets of birds, enjoyed […]
I can remember the first time I learned about body dysmorphia in men. I was in a classroom listening to young men reminisce about their high school wrestling days. They wore garbage bags under their clothes when they went running to sweat off extra pounds. They ate nothing but pudding […]
I am a god. At least, I want to be. Video games offer me a peek into a world where I control my fate. My choices dictate outcomes. We see the result of our own ripple effect in the world in video games. My choice has impact. My will has […]
I learned about the role of women in a much different era. Women were burning bras, demanding for an Equal Rights Amendment, and bossing around gunfighters and Wookies on the big screen. Princess Leia was my first glimpse at what it meant to be a woman (besides my mother and […]
With the recent news that L.A. Noire will be the first video game featured at the prestigious Tribeca Film Festival, it seems like a good time to stop and consider what makes a video game unique from other mediums. More and more the lines between films and video games are […]
In a recent article on CNN.com, Omar Gallaga, who is a technology contributor to NPR’s All Tech Considered, feels “haunted and sad” by what he considers a disturbing trend in video games—“putting children in peril and, often, allowing them to be gruesomely killed.” The trailer for a new survival horror […]
When I was little, I ran around with a black leather belt around my waist and a red ball cap on my head. On one side of my belt, I stuffed a plastic ax; on the other side was a toy handgun that thudded when the trigger was pulled. Some […]
Who assassinated John F. Kennedy? What was the Wild West like? I admit I haven’t had a history class in over fifteen years. If you’re like most people, a lot of what you “learn” about history is from Wikipedia these days—because our curiosity usually stops after we read the first hit […]