Video games allow us to play in the realm of the macabre. We can be monsters, killers, and super villains. We can exist in worlds that are full of human wreckage, zombies, death, decay. Like our fascination with post-apocalyptic movies and books, video games allow us to explore countless realms […]
morality
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By and large, constable, the good’s an illusion, a fable folks tell themselves so they can get through the day without screaming too much. –Andre Linoge The concept of morality has been constantly explored in video games since the beginning: protagonist/antagonist, good/evil, light/dark. There is a black and white morality […]
Recently while playing The Division with a friend, he pointed out that you could kill the dogs that wander around the town. For those who haven’t played, there are often dogs walking around the post-pandemic landscape. They don’t bite or jump or attack. They just bark randomly and otherwise mind […]
In my continued efforts to see the end of war, I’ve kept with playing This War of Mine: The Little Ones. In my last post I mentioned that the major draw of this game (for me at least) is the often neglected story that other games like Call of Duty, Ghost […]
(SOME SPOILERS FOLLOW) Last night I watched an interesting indie horror movie called Lost After Dark. I picked it up because I grew up loving 80’s horror movies and this one promised to the “best 80’s horror movie not filmed in the 80’s.” Sounded good to me, even though I […]