This is the last post in my personal video game awards! You can read part 1 and part 2 if you want to catch up on my other favorites. This part covers games that mean a lot to me, either because they're emotional experiences or I love them like crazy (or both). They're also ones I talk… Continue reading My Personal Video Game Awards, Pt. 3
Weaving a good story is a major achievement for a video game, and it seems that lately we've become a little obsessed with this. While we gamers still love our side-scrolling platformers and the modern versions of them installed on our smartphones, there's been a trend in recent years: We want stories. We want cinema. This… Continue reading Agency and Storytelling in Video Games
Today I played the most magical video game... because it made me cry a little bit. I had heard that To the Moon was a tear-jerker, but I rarely experience that sort of emotional response to a video game. Excitement, euphoria, feeling like a badass, getting giddy over plot twists and epic moments and character interactions --… Continue reading “To the Moon” Review: Video Games Can Tell Stories, Too
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