Episode 152: Then is Not Now: On Nostalgia in Games (Right click and save as to download, or find us on iTunes, BlogTalk Radio, Stitcher, Google Play, or TuneIn). This week in the podcast we talk about nostalgia in and around video games. We also talk a lot about playing games with our kids because we […]
Stardew Valley
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I’ve written before about our household habits of creating multiplayer where there is none, specifically in State of Decay, but my husband and I often find ways to share single-player experiences. I was thinking about this earlier this week, as we were yelling Stardew Valley tips at each other across […]
Late to the party, or valley, I plant crops months after everyone else. I water parsnips, consider sprinklers, plan optimal placement for trellises. I buy cows. I resisted Stardew Valley for so long, but now it’s the first place I go when I have a moment to myself. This game […]
Sometimes, I wonder if video games are fun anymore. It seems a kind of stupid thought, for sure. They are games, after all. And games are supposed to be fun. But I was talking to a friend about games at one point. I think we were talking about Dark Souls. […]
Whenever people (often women, but not always) find out I play and study video games, they usually respond with the same refrain: “ugh, I just don’t have time to game.” It’s a good point; gaming does take up a lot of my time. I spend many late nights playing games. […]
I’ve been thinking a lot about nostalgia lately and I’m not quite sure why, but I’m pretty sure it is a desire for the “good old days”. It seems that I am finally of an age (and the world is in a state) that is old enough to recall utopian […]
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 […]
Episode 129: Gay Farming; On Digging, Dating, and Identity Politics in Stardew Valley (Right click and save as to download, or find us on iTunes, Stitcher, Google Play, or TuneIn). This week Jynx joins us for their first podcast and we have a little fun. In this episode we talk about our experiences and expectations […]