December 31, 2012 | Filed under: Game Issues, Recent Posts and tagged with: End of Year Holy crap on a stick. I’ve been doing this for four full years. That is gratifying in some […]
A Commentary on ‘Primordia’
I’m a little late on this. Last week my column for PopMatters went up, though I had been told we wouldn’t be restarting until the new year. Ah well. The previous week my […]
Deponia: Down in the Dumps
(I was assigned to do a review on Deponia, was given a review copy and everything from Nightmare Mode. It was written, editing and ready for posting. Then the day […]
When ‘Mark of the Ninja’ Clicks
I’m rather thankful that Klei Entertainment decided not to or rather the deal they had with Microsoft didn’t preclude them from publishing elsewhere than the Xbox 360 for a long […]
The Unfinished Artist
Last week was Turkey week and it seems everyone got the week off from writing at PopMatters. It was Desert Bus so I was cool with this. So, this post comes a […]
This Turkey Day in Video Game Blogging
It was one hell of a week for game criticism. A new book, a new digital magazine and the biggest week I’ve had yet in a TWIVGB. Though not the largest […]
An Inability to Empathize: Fumbling to Grok ‘Papo & Yo’
I was really excited to play Papo & Yo a few weeks back. I knew it was going to be one of those games that I could write a lot about. Turns […]
A Tale of Two Reviews
I’ve written two reviews in the past week for PopMatters. One on Jonas Kyratzes’ The Sea Will Claim Everything and the other on Borderlands 2. I could make a grand connecting statement like […]
Discovering the Familiar in ‘Journey’
November 7, 2012 | Filed under: External Sources, Recent Posts and tagged with: Journey, Moving Pixels, PopMatters Journey is a game I’ve wanted to write about for almost the entire year, but have just never gotten around […]
‘Silent Hill 2′: The Oppression of Atmosphere
Also known as, Experiencing the Atmosphere First Hand. I close out horror month with the big fish, the granddaddy of all horror games: Silent Hill 2. So much has been written […]