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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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Celebrating a year of “With a Terrible Fate.”
"With a Terrible Fate" is celebrating its one-year anniversary. Come see what we have planned.
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When are Dunwall and Scotland like your School? Throwback Analysis of “Dishonored,” Part III.
The one chance you might get to read a critique of education based on video games and theater.
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The Bard and Bethesda: Throwback Analysis of “Dishonored,” Part II.
How is Corvo Attano like Macbeth? The second part in my older work on "Dishonored" has the answer.
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A Tribute to Leonard Nimoy: why voice acting matters in the case of Master Xehanort.
Paying tribute to Leonard Nimoy with a look at his work in "Kingdom Hearts."
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“YOU DIED”: despair and transcendence in “Dark Souls.”
In my analysis of the notorious "Dark Souls," I argue that the game is frustrating and rewarding for exactly the same reason.