Narrative theory is this weird, amorphous beast, because it tries to quantify the unquantifiable – that being: human catharsis. We absorb fiction because it makes us feel something. We all like to feel, unless you’re...

  Because I do.  You know them from Transformers: War for Cybertron and their work with Destiny, but developer High Moon came from humble beginnings. Their first project was an FPS Western/Horror/Steampunk title, Darkwatch, s...

Lemme tell you folks about the hot and heavy world of IT. I worked for a company called Enterprise Infrastructure for two years (s/o E.I., you da real MVP), which meant I had to interface with telnet/DDoS/SSH/etc. clients almost every...

  Given the 15th anniversary of the series, I decided to play through its least-discussed entry – the Rockstar Vancouver-developed Max Payne 3. I now see why nobody really talks about this game anymore, as it’s a bloat...

Gore is great – I’m sure many out there will agree. There’s so much glee in it, largely because it’s so indulgent. Recent haunted-house homage film We Are Still Here has a fantastically bloody climax, capping o...

Because I do. Yes. It’s really true. His name is Jordan Wayne Long. It will not surprise you to learn that he’s a performance artist. Of course he is! He spent 7 days in a crate playing Lord of the Rings: Online! Said crat...

Michael John McLeod is standing up to one of gaming’s Gods: Valve. He’s just filed a lawsuit alleging that Valve has “knowingly allowed… and has been complicit in creating, sustaining, and facilitating [a] mar...

In an attempt to emulate the new Ghostbusters movie, I’m going to stitch this together using uninspired thoughts and ideas. These thoughts and ideas will be quotes pulled from other Ghostbusters reviews. Like the movie, they are...

This is not a review. I think it’s fair to say – at this point – that Pokémon Go isn’t really a game. It’s a social experiment. We live in an age where that concept has become muddied by the trash ...

A year ago today, Satoru Iwata passed away in Kyoto, Japan of a bile duct tumor. A fitting location – Iwata referred to Nintendo as “a company of Kyoto craftsman” in his last interview with a western media ...

As you folks know, Summer Games Done Quick comes to a close this weekend, so – apropos of SGDQ – I thought I’d interview a speedrunner – talk about the unique history of this ever-growing subculture. Fortunatel...

You can play this game here. I would recommend you play it before reading my review – especially if you’re a fan of Ms. Riendeau’s work – as it’s deeply connected to her characteristics as a writer.  ...;