In Real Life

How I Learned To Be The Bad Guy In Video Games

I suck at being the bad guy in video games. I always get all invested, and then I’m hardly ever able to commit to being evil. But for some reason, Infamous 2 has become that game that’s made it so much fun for me to be bad – and I have those annoying guys that drum on pails to thank.


April 6, 2011
In Real Life

Why Don’t I Lose Myself In Games Anymore?

You know when you’re going to finish a video game. It pushes its ethereal fist into your chest and seizes hold of your heart in a way you can almost feel – like being grabbed by the throat, a tightness in your chest that sets every nerve humming to the tune of the experience.


October 31, 2008
Uncategorized

You Gotta Have Faith: Does Style Beat Out Realism

Earlier this month Kotaku posted a pair of images of the lovely Faith from Mirror’s Edge. One was the official rendering by Swedish dev DICE of the parkour-inspired, Asiatic heroine – and the other was a reinterpretation edited by an Asian fan, imagining what Faith would look like if she had been designed according to what he says are Asian standards of beauty.