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Why 3 disks were acceptable for Final Fantasy VII, and why 3 games are not for its remake.
How philosophy led me to change my mind about the Final Fantasy VII remake.
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Why Booker’s Name is a Red Herring in Understanding BioShock Infinite
The science of quantum mechanics will give you a new reason to fall in love with BioShock Infinite.
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On Nier: Ought a Game’s World to be Fun to Explore?
I return to Nier to explore the question of whether great games need to have fun worlds.
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The Open-House Narrative in Gone Home
Featured Author Richard Nguyen argues that free exploration in games doesn't require a massive open world.
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“Beacon Received”: The Satisfaction of Discovery in the Metroid series.
Featured Author Laila Carter uses Metroid to explore why "linear" games don't always feel linear.
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Critical Review: Xenoblade and Leibniz.
With Xenoblade X releasing tomorrow, I revisit and update my work on Xenoblade Chronicles.
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“Listen to My Story”: The Problem of Storytelling in Virtual Reality.
A defense of why video games might be better at telling stories than VR ever could be.
A Comprehensive Theory of Majora's Mask
Welcome to New Termina: Analyzing “Majora’s Mask 3D.”
With a Terrible Fate analyzes the changes in "Majora's Mask 3D" that make it a different story than the original.
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Why academia can’t afford to ignore video games: a philosophical analysis of possibility in gaming.
Read an analytic defense of why video games can no longer be ignored as art.
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What is it like to be a Batman? Reviewing “Arkham Knight.”
I argue that Arkham Knight combines video game storytelling and Batman theming to perfectly conclude the trilogy.