Games

Cloudbuilt

Cloudbuilt almost lost me in the first 10 minutes. The cursors for the menus on the title screen only appear once you press up...

The 7th Saga

As a child, I found The 7th Saga frustrating and severely lacking compared to my beloved Final Fantasy 2. But my grandfather poured hours into the game, and it had always lingered for me as a game grown-ups like. Maybe I would understand when I was older.

Sandbox Games

A pretty girl. Teacher’s pet. But she’s mean. She took your toy. You want to hurt her. Get her back. Burn her. She’s mean But teacher loves her. She’s smiling. Giggling. Playing with your...

Fog of War

Partly due to travel over the past month and partly for personal reasons, I’ve avoided writing about Gamergate before now. Well, that’s not quite...

D: Mourning the AAA Adventure Game

A few days ago, I was at my local used game store and there, in the Most Wanted Games cabinet, I saw it: the...

Nobody Was Mean or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the FPS

First exposure: “I’m standing at the entrance, by the Titanfall booth,” I text to a friend, who is coming to meet me at the entrance...