Episode 27 : Brains! Making, Using, and Eating Them: On Countdowns and Cognition in Video Games (“Save As” to download or head over to iTunes to subscribe) This week we talk about the games that we are anticipating most in 2012. 2011 gave us a lot of solid games to […]
Monthly Archives: January 2012
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There is no denying the change in perception of gamer demographics in the past few years. Video/computer games in the early to mid-90’s were made for an adolescent male audience by male programmers, though this isn’t all that surprising, considering that most of the people who would consider themselves “gamers” […]
Sometimes things stick with you for a reason…bits of a comedy show, a disturbing news story, and the hundreds of hours that you spend playing farming/social simulations on a handheld device. And sometimes those things come together in a perfect storm that allow you to write a post like the […]
Episode 26 : I’m Not A Grave Robber, I’m a Pragmatist: Puzzle Games and the Best (and Worst) of 2011 (“Save As” to download or head over to iTunes to subscribe) This week we are joined by guest host Adam Strantz while we talk about our favorite and most disappointing […]
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 […]
What does the quote “All the world’s a stage, And all the men and women merely players.” -Wm. Shakespeare All of the world is really a stage and right now we find that we are being played with in both good and bad ways. A couple of us have had major […]
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 […]
3.Surprise On some level, platform games gives you the same thing over and over, but with a little bit different skin. This means that these games can get real repetitive, real quick. Tiny Bang Story is a game that I found had the perfect level of surprise for me without […]