For my Thanksgiving week column, I decided to go back and write about Memoria. I don’t feel like I’ve done the game justice here. I really liked it and I really […]
Neon Noir Fairy Tales
The next episode of the Moving Pixels podcast, the first in what is sure to be a series, discussing The Wolf Among Us. I am an unabashed Fables fan. I spend […]
The Anachronic Mixup of ‘Beyond: Two Souls”
It’s a day late, but my post discussing Beyond: Two Souls is up on PopMatters. I wanted to expand upon a point I made in my review of the game, which was […]
Playing the Gigolo: ‘Killer is Dead’ Changes the Pace of the Game
I want to start out by saying I chose neither the title nor the picture for the Killer is Dead piece. I am terrible at titles and sometimes leave it up to […]
Sword, Sex and Suda 51
A while back we at PopMatters played Suda 51 latest creation, though only in a writing capacity this time, Killer is Dead. The studio sent multiple codes, so I got one […]
November 10th TWIVGB
I took the reins from Kris Ligman for this week’s TWIVGB feature so she could go on vacation. Enjoy Montana Kris. Usually, I just fill up space here with some anecdote or […]
Cinematic Framing in ‘Brothers: A Tale of Two Sons’
I get back to playing more recent fare with a piece focusing on an oft overlooked element in gaming and its use in Brothers: A Tale of Two Sons. The week’s […]
Reviews For September/October
Only 4 reviews over the last two months. It would have been more, but several things have kept them from others being published on time. Late review copies, accidental double […]
We Have No Mouths and We Must Scream
Just one day after Halloween, out comes our two many podcast discussion on the classic adventure game I Have No Mouth and I Must Scream. In the beginning we lament that […]
A Cultural History of Horror
Horror stories are meant to be dark reflections of ourselves or rather more importantly a dark reflection of what we fear most as a society at the time. This isn’t […]