The Last Express: Review

The Last Express is the most immersive game I have ever played. Jordan Mechner’s ambitious adventure game takes place on the famous Oriental Express right before the beginning of World War 1. You play Robert Cath, an American on the run from both the British and French police for an incident in Ireland. He jumps […]

80 Days: Once a Ghost, Always a Ghost

“For two weeks in July I will be on vacation, so there will be no class,” I tell my students. They smile and nod with understanding, most of them either recently returned from their own summer vacations or about to embark on their own. “Where are you going?” They always ask. “Oh, to visit some […]

Always Sometimes Monsters

I am shit at roleplaying bad people in games but halfway through Always Sometimes Monsters I stopped caring and orphaned four children to win a bet. In this RPG Maker game, you play a down and out author making his way across the country to get to their ex’s wedding. On the way, you have to […]

Valiant Hearts: War Makes Men Mad

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 […]

Firewatch: A Review

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 […]