Last October, Sega released Alien: Isolation, and much of the discussion around the game has dealt with its pacing, its level of difficulty, its relationship and faithfulness to the film franchise, and whether or not the game is successfully scary. Relatively little discussion has occurred, however, regarding the manner in […]
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I recently finished playing through Killbrite Studio’s Among the Sleep (2014), and after falling through a wormhole of online reviews, blog posts, and comment sections regarding people’s reviews and interpretations of the game, I have been thinking quite a lot about the representation of children, children-heroes, and children-victims in video games. […]
Among the Sleep delves into a fictional child’s innermost fears in a world where the shadows stretch impossibly long and coat racks look like monsters or shady strangers. While the game features some horror title standards, like a physically weak protagonist, poorly lit environments, and the occasional jump scare, there’s […]
Episode 44: I See Dead People: Games to Play On All Hallow’s Eve (Or Any Other Time) (“Save As” to download or head over to iTunes to subscribe) The episode where we talk about scary games that we recommend (or not) for this bewitching season. We go through some AAA titles […]
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 […]
In our last podcast we talked about just what zombies mean in a larger cultural context. A new government publication brought it back to light for me this week so I thought I’d take a minute to throw out a few final ideas before some strange dude comes and eats […]
Episode 17: You Say Feminist Whore Like It’s a Bad Thing: Race and Gender in Dead Island and Deus Ex (“Save As” to download or head over to iTunes to subscribe) We talk about Techland’s Dead Island, Eidos/Square Enix’s Deus Ex: Human Revolution, Tea Party Zombies, and Slavery: The Game. […]
Ok, so I am doing the unthinkable and rehashing a post from the past (albeit from my personal blog) because it’s a topic that I have been thinking a lot about and one that I have been thinking a lot about recently, especially with the release of the Dead Island […]