The Game Critique

So How Did I Do on TWIVGB

Well Ben Abraham was away from the internet last week, something to do with spelunking I think, and asked me to step in as writer of the This Week In Video Game Blogging feature again. I don’t know what it is, but every time I take up the task the internet decides that this is [...]

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January’s ‘09 Round Table Entry – Sister Carrie

Putting the Game Before the Book: What would your favorite piece of literature look like if it had been created as a game first? ...rather than challenge you to imagine the conversion of your favorite literature into games, I challenge you to supersede the source literature and imagine a game that might have tried to communicate the same themes, the same message, to its audience. Better late than never.

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The Proposed Story Arcs for Prince of Persia

I talked about how the story structure in Prince of Persia didn't work for me and how the various villains fit in the game's thematic consistency. Now I'm going to combine the two ideas. This may come off as a little dictating from on high, but oh well.

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