An Aimless Diatribe on Fun
In which I try to say things, but end up saying very little at all. Also, my nose is all plugged from having a weeks-long head cold. Hopefully work will settle down and my illness...
View ArticleSpec Ops: The Line
For further reading, I sincerely recommend Tom Bissell’s piece on Spec Ops: http://www.grantland.com/story/_/id/8157257/line-explores-reasons-why-play-shooter-games Additionally, this piece comparing...
View ArticleBlips: Greenlight
I had some stuff to say about Steam’s new Greenlight service. Also, I tried a new video format to see if I could do rapid turnaround videos for current events and the like.
View ArticleA Tale of Two Indie Communities
I’ve already talked about my feelings on Greenlight itself elsewhere. But there’s another issue that’s been unfolding across the twitterverse and blogosophere and interwebs in the days since...
View ArticleBlips: Win States
It has been posited that “Binary Winstates” sounds far better than “Boolean Winstates.” I agree with this. However, editing a video is hard. So whenever the word “boolean” comes up, just think “binary”...
View ArticlePhotorealism
I made a video about photorealism. Really, I’m somewhat surprised how strong the response to this as been – I felt the stance I took in the episode was rather milquetoast/middle of the road, not...
View ArticleDishonored
(Note: Not sure what’s up with the formatting – I had to upload via the web client since Blip’s FTP servers are borked due to Sandy. That may be it. Regardless, if it bothers you...
View ArticleA Brief Post About Mainichi
What’s interesting to me about Mainichi vs. Dys4ia is that they’re actually about really different things but I suspect people will lump them together as “those trans games.” Dys4ia is very much about...
View ArticleLittle Inferno
I picked the game up ostensibly because of Kyle Gabler’s unique art style and pedigree. While I was expecting something cute I wasn’t expecting something this genuinely good. However, it’s gotten very...
View ArticleHotline Miami
There are spoilers in this episode. And blood. And swearing in the form of text. Minimal nudity, though!
View ArticleRandom Notes from Far Cry 3: Part 1
A few weeks back I did a short series of three write-ups on Far Cry 3 for Shamus Young’s Twenty Sided. They did well enough over there, but I figured I’d post them here for...
View ArticleRandom Notes From Far Cry 3: Part 2
So last time I spent most of the article whining that Far Cry 3 wasn’t Far Cry 2. And while that’s true, it’s not like the game is without merit. So I figured I’d spend...
View ArticleRandom Notes from Far Cry 3: Part 3
Note: Up until this point I’ve tried to keep the discussion more or less spoiler free, but at this point I’m going to be talking about the whole game. Consider yourself Spoiler Warned. Far Cry...
View ArticleTony Hawk
I’m going to try something slightly different with this one: I’m going to post the script under the cut. There are a few changes – a bunch of complaining about how stupid things got was...
View ArticleThat’s No Game…
There’s been a lot of debate lately about whether certain video games are, in fact, video games. Games like The Walking Dead or Dys4ia or Dear Esther or Proteus have each been accused of not...
View Articlein which i might get broken up with by a company
I’ve been complaining publicly on Twitter about the recent announcement by Blip.tv, and I figured instead of spewing out 140 characters worth of snark every few hours it might be more productive to...
View ArticleTomb Raider
Usual rules apply: The script below was my working script and there are copious differences between it and the final product, so don’t take it as gospel. Also, this episode contains spoilers for the...
View ArticleGoddamn It, Bioshock
I attempt to sum up my frustrations with Bioshock Infinite before a (possible? maybe?) full video. Minor spoilers for fight locations and such, but nothing plot relevant or devastating to the game.
View ArticleBioshock Infinite
As usual, there will be spoilers. Also as usual, I’m sick of putting the warning in the video, so this bolded text is all the warning you’re getting. Script below: I’m going to say...
View ArticlePeak Star Wars
Star Wars. It’s a thing. Script be low the cut. I grew up in this really weird era with regard to Star Wars. The original trilogy started in 1977 and wrapped up two years before...
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