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Salutations, New Readers!
To all of our new readers: welcome! The past few weeks have been crazy. We were linked on Rock Paper Shotgun, Critical Distance, Game Set Watch, and Gamasutra. Laura and I both had pieces republished...
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Or maybe all games are in the second person
Laura is done with her term, but I’ve got 20 pages to write between now and next Wednesday. Also, I’ve had a horrible virus that has left me sleeping for 16 hours a day, running a high fever, and...
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Do I control your body or your mind?
I’m going to talk about Loved now. If you haven’t played it, you should go fix that. It won’t take long. I believe that all games require trust. When we start playing a game, we form a pact with it....
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Press ‘x’ to Continue
I’m two hours into Persona 3 Portable and I’m thinking about the illusion of control. It’s one of those games that spins its own web for a while. Your main act of participation is to press a button...
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Dr. Mario, or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Pill
My grandma is better at Dr. Mario 64 than I am at any game. Dr. Mario is a plumber-turned-doctor who solves all of his problems with a torrent of colorful pills. He exists in a world where viruses are...
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Found in Translation: Chanting the Words of the Buddha
Yesterday, I loved Final Fantasy XIV. Today I’m not so sure. But this is only the latest oscillation in my sinusoidal relationship with Square-Enix’s brand new MMO. I’ve been trying to write about...
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Skinny Stone Tower of Babel
Everyone’s playing Minecraft these days, so here’s a scene that might be familiar. I’ve built my sweet cliff-side villa and I want to go exploring. The thing is, getting lost is easy when the world...
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Second Person Shooter 2:The Reckoning
Hello, my friends! It has been a long time since we have conversed on the ways of video games under the cool blue moon. But do not fear! We are back, Laura and I, to facilitate fascinating discussions,...
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Playing God
When I grew up, some games were off-limits. Diablo was a no, because Satan was right there in the title. Grand Theft Auto was also disallowed when my parents caught me mowing down police officers and...
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BLOODSPORT: Part 1—The Rebellion
For the past week or so, I’ve been running a game called BLOODSPORT that I designed and wrote. In this game, twenty-two men and women are abducted from their beds and dropped into a sandy alien...
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