Games Can’t Portray Addiction Right

“This will be the last cigarette I ever smoke” is something I tell myself about once a week after I finish a pack. It doesn’t take more than a few hours before I have a new pack sitting in front of me. —  Going out for a cigarette has become a habit that I do […]

Failing at Evil

I want to be a bad guy. I want to do bad things to people. I want to be a person who does whatever they want without thinking about the consequences.  I want to be the kind of person I and others would hate.  I want to role be an evil character, but I can never pull […]

Videogames and Nostalgia

Jagged Alliance 2, X-COM, and Fallout 2 are some of the best games I have ever played and are part of my most beloved franchises, and I am far from alone in that. These games have some of the most hardcore fans ever seen in computer gaming. The Jagged Alliance and Fallout series have fan […]