September 13, 2012 Eric Swain Critical Responses, Recent Posts Video Game Twists (*Spoilers for Braid, Heavy Rain, Red Dead Redemption, Metal Gear Solid 4 and Spec Ops: The Line*) A few weeks back on IGN, Michael Thompson wrote an article how spoilers and the fear of themselves spoiling the experiences games can give us are a problem. They no longer serve the audience because people become wrapped up in the minutia of detail rather than what any of those details mean. Thompson frames it as twist endings. There are different types of problems that his basic thesis covers, but I’ll run with it. | more
December 27, 2008 Eric Swain Game Issues, Recent Posts End of Year Post Well with Christmas over and the after holiday sales taken advantage of and since everyone else has done their part, I figured I'd give my thoughts on the 2008 yearend in gaming. (Spoilers.) I start with the easy one, my game of the year. The easy one to write about clearly, not choose. | more
