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2013 – Year of the Multi-Generational Non-Release
[no-toc] These games are presumably really, really great. But it’s impossible to tell since their release was stymied once again. That happens all the time, but these games are special on account of...
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2013 – Year of the Narrative Told Through Mechanics
[no-toc] When a game’s mechanics directly form allegories that push a story forward or create powerful experiences in their own right, it’s a special thing. Bioshock Infinite and The Last of Us may...
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2013 – Year of the Most Graphics
Not best graphics, most graphics. So much graphics! BEST OF SHOW Battlefield 4 Who else could win this category? Battlefield 4 has so much graphics that the server crashes every time the office...
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2013 Game of the Year
No, sorry, it’s not the Just Cause 2 Multiplayer. But it should be… As usual, there are no honorable mentions, there is no discussion. BEST OF SHOW Dota 2 Defense of the Ancients 2 wins all the...
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Heidegger and the Game Design Cul-De-Sac
Since Minority Report’s debut in 2002, the concept of a clean, swipe-able slate has been stuck in the imagination of developers of all stripes. It was thought that an infinite set of possibilities...
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Thief and the Most Difficult Genre
Square Enix’s reboot of the roughly decade old series was, from its inception, locked into an awkward dance with nostalgia. Originally released in 1998, The Dark Project never moved beyond cult...
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Titanfall Sidesteps Monstrous Expectations
We’re only two days out from the Titanfall release date and it’s already clear that Respawn’s rookie effort is a failure. No overnight revolution began – the central tenets of first person shooters...
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Facts and Embellishments: Ground Zeroes to Phantom Pain
Ground Zeroes, a standalone sort of pre-downloadable content, is the direct result of a multi-million dollar project that has spanned five years with nothing to show for it. While fans may gripe...
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Dark Souls 2: Reading the Tea Leaves
From Software’s newest achievement is fundamentally different than its predecessors: there’s now a firmly established ‘Souls ecosystem for its players to thrive in. This egalitarian system can be...
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Ninja Gaiden Has Official Entered Free Fall With Yaiba
With a little more restraint and the most meager considerations for taste, Yaiba: Ninja Gaiden Z might have fallen on the right side of several descriptors. Instead, it’s more crass than irreverent;...
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