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Video Game Structural Aesthetics: Why “The Beginner’s Guide” is Masterfully Confusing.
You're right to be confused by this game: that aesthetic response is what makes it so special.
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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.
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Bloodborne, Lovecraft, and the Dangerous Idea.
Bloodborne wasn't just influenced by H.P. Lovecraft: it represents an entirely new level of Lovecraftian horror.
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“Play it again, Sam”: On the value of replays.
An explanation of why people who think replaying a game and rereading a book are the same thing are terribly confused.
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The Many Worlds of Games: “Dishonored,” “Europa Universalis,” “The Stanley Parable,” and Quantum Physics
Find out where video games and quantum mechanics intersect, and why it matters.
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“Carve my farewell song on my grave…” Silence, Death, and Optimism in Majora’s Mask
Featured author Nathan Randall writes about the positivity of silently bearing witness to suffering in "Majora's Mask."
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Video Games versus Cinema: Comparing “Xenoblade Chronicles” to “Stranger than Fiction.”
Are there some stories that can ONLY be coherently told through the medium of video games? Read on to find out.
A Comprehensive Theory of Majora's Mask
This is why Anju and Kafei are the most important citizens of Termina.
In the last of my analyses of the original "Majora's Mask," I argue that Anju and Kafei are central to the game's artistic value.
A Comprehensive Theory of Majora's Mask
“A soldier who has no heart”: understanding the Elegy of Emptiness.
"With a Terrible Fate" takes on the Elegy of Emptiness, inspiration of the infamous "BEN drowned."
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Finding Your Monad: “Xenoblade” and Leibniz.
The payoff of four months analyzing "Majora's Mask," and a look at what makes the storytelling of "Xenoblade" remarkable.