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Atmosphere is enough: Why Flower succeeded where Limbo failed
External Sources / Recent Posts Posted on: January 27, 2012May 5, 2025

Atmosphere is enough: Why Flower succeeded where Limbo failed

This was a piece that spawned from the end of last year’s debate on Limbo. I figured I might try to be more positive and provide an example that actual does […]

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It’s all in the presentation: Why I let Driver: San Francisco get away with poor driving
External Sources / Recent Posts Posted on: January 12, 2012May 5, 2025

It’s all in the presentation: Why I let Driver: San Francisco get away with poor driving

And because I submitted my PopMatters post a bit late for a Tuesday release it got pushed back to Thursday, so I ended up giving everyone a double dose of […]

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Let me play: 7 issues with racing games
External Sources / Recent Posts Posted on: December 16, 2011May 11, 2025

Let me play: 7 issues with racing games

My weekly post is up at Nightmare Mode and only one day late this time. Here I go on about Gran Turismo 5 and Need for Speed: Shift. Neither game really grabbed […]

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External Sources / Recent Posts Posted on: December 16, 2011May 5, 2025

Miscellaneous

Lots of minor things to get through, yet not much to say. Really just a bunch of little things happened my way. On Monday I reposted my Limbo retort, on Nightmare […]

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In Response to the Responses I Got For What I Said About Limbo
Critical Responses / Recent Posts Posted on: December 7, 2011May 11, 2025

In Response to the Responses I Got For What I Said About Limbo

I like getting thoughtful and intelligent criticism of my work. I like reading what people had to say. It means I had enough of an effect on them to make […]

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Motorstorm: Apocalypse, the game that wasn’t there
External Sources / Recent Posts Posted on: November 24, 2011May 5, 2025

Motorstorm: Apocalypse, the game that wasn’t there

This is one of those posts that felt like pulling teeth. It just didn’t want to come out. Then again it’s a post about how the game offered nothing to talk […]

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Costume Quest and the Annual Tradition
External Sources / Recent Posts Posted on: November 1, 2011May 5, 2025

Costume Quest and the Annual Tradition

The day after Halloween I have a post up about a potential Halloween tradition in video games. I personally have traditions every year for other holidays with family and friends as I’m […]

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Slow Times at Paradise City
External Sources / Recent Posts Posted on: October 24, 2011May 11, 2025

Slow Times at Paradise City

So, my weekly post is up at Nightmare Mode. It was supposed to go up Thursday and alack it is Monday. One of these days I’ll publish on the target day. One […]

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Heavenly Sword’s Thematic Resonance
External Sources / Recent Posts Posted on: October 11, 2011May 5, 2025

Heavenly Sword’s Thematic Resonance

This was supposed to go up last Thursday, but it was an absolute mess. It wasn’t until over the weekend did, I realize the problem with the original draft. It […]

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External Sources / Recent Posts Posted on: September 23, 2011May 5, 2025

Enslaved and My First Nightmare Mode Post

So, about a two weeks ago I was asked my Nightmare Mode‘s Editor-in-Chief Patricia Hernandez to join. It was right after and mostly because of my Existential Critical Crisis post that I was […]

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