I love fanservice in my video games. I’m a fan, it’s a service to me, I love it! Goofy off the wall DLC, looks at alternate universe possibilities where I get to see my favorite characters in new settings, fun silly and sexy costumes for my characters, wild and overpowered weapons that allow me to … Continue reading Let’s Talk About Sex. More Specifically, Let’s Talk About Fanservice
I don't go to a lot of movies. Mostly this is just a carried over habit from my college years, I was too poor to afford going out when Netflix was right there (and payed for by my roommate's parents). Every piece of entertainment had to be carefully analyzed and only the highest in cost:entertainment … Continue reading Size Isn’t Everything: Giving Short Games a Chance
A couple of weeks ago, I played Undertale for the first time - my thoughts on which you can hear in an upcoming podcast episode. It was a great time, and I amazingly got to play the game with mostly unspoiled eyes even though I got to it nearly four years late to the party. … Continue reading Honeyheart
I have never owned any PlayStation or Xbox consoles. I have owned multiple Nintendo consoles and I mooched off of my brother’s souped up PC in early middle school, but as far as consoles go, I have only ever known people who have them. I’ve never felt the sweet embrace of an Xbox home screen … Continue reading I’m Just A Consumer And Life Is A Nightmare
I like when games try to tackle thorny, complicated real world issues. When their ambition succeeds, games can drop you into conflicts over war, ethics, greed or historical political or religious conflict and let you see how you’d behave. And even when those issues take back seat and become more of a wallpaper to a … Continue reading Approaching sensitive themes in games
I'm lazy when it comes to purchasing games. Sometimes it takes a lot of encouragement to buy new stuff, even if I know it's gonna be precisely my scene. Here are some games that have been sitting on my list for various lengths of time, for a variety of reasons: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iofYDsA2yqg #1 - Celeste Everyone … Continue reading 10 Games I Really Wanna Play On Switch But Haven’t Yet For One Reason Or Another
The year is 2005. I'm 10. It’s a hot summer day and I’m inside a dark bedroom playing Alien Hominid for the Gamecube with my friend. After a bit of arguing, we’ve finally reached an agreement: He and I will play through the main adventure mode until we both lose all of our lives. Then, … Continue reading Loving level editors
I think it’s pretty obvious by my demeanor and overall lack of knowledge that I am not a game developer. I am a consumer through and through, in pretty much all aspects of life. That doesn’t afford me a unique perspective considering… well under capitalism, aren’t we all just different kinds of consumers? But I … Continue reading Kirby Star Allies, $60 Video Games, and Why We Expect More
For the past 6 months, I've been studying, applying, and preparing for law school. I got good grades and good scores - enough to get me into some top schools, but as of January 10th, 2019, not enough to get me into THE top school. Yale Law School rejected my application (no hard feelings at … Continue reading Yale Law School Rejected Me
