Category Archives: Editorials
The 143 word Challenge
In yesturday’s “one a day” blog by Mr Sinan “shoinan” Kubba, he chanellenges himself (and the rest of the game writing community) the task of producing a review for a game which is 143 words or less. Writing anything about a game within that word count is a task indeed, but observing all the conventions [...]
I live in The Village, so why can’t I play The Prisoner?
“Unlike me, many of you have accepted the situation of your imprisonment, and will die here like rotten cabbages!” Being a player of games, I am often examining the works of fiction I enjoy in other mediums and wondering how they would fare in my beloved medium of the videogame. Rarely do I get the [...]
OCD – Obsessive Consumption Drive
Collecting games is a bit akin to collecting books. They might look good on the shelf, but a lot of time needs to be invested to get anything substantial out of them. A game disc in itself is worthless unless the game itself is played with some attention. Just as a book is useless when [...]
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