Many years ago, for Earth Day, my middle school decided it would be a great idea to have the school all gather around the flagpole outside and hold hands while singing Elton John’s “The Circle of Life” from the Lion King. We did this at nine o’ clock on a cold morning, confused about what […]
Valiant Hearts: War Makes Men Mad
Posted on March 1, 2016 Leave a Comment
Valiant Hearts is not a war game, but a game about war. It is a puzzle/adventure game with a tragicomic aesthetic encased an emotional fictional narrative based in fact and historical events. It teaches us about the lives of the soldiers and people in World War 1 without being heavy handed or pretentious. It also succeeds in being […]
else Heart.break(): A Review
Posted on February 24, 2016 Leave a Comment
My dad is a programmer and when I was six, I went up to him and said “Daddy, teach me how to program!”. “Sure,” he said, and left the room. He came back momentarily and gave me the Turbo Pascal 3.0 manual. “Here you go, this will teach you.” I guess it’s a miracle at […]
Firewatch: A Review
Posted on February 15, 2016 Leave a Comment
Two roads diverged in a yellow wood, And sorry I could not travel both And be one traveler, long I stood And looked down one as far as I could To where it bent in the undergrowth; – Robert Frost An almost […]
The Language of This War of Mine
Posted on February 7, 2016 2 Comments
I came across Erik Twice’s review of This War of Mine and his review is quite harsh. I believe it evaluates the game from an unfair perspective. (To be clear, I am writing this because his review made me feel uneasy. His writing is great and this is in no way supposed to be a knock […]
