Bastion: a colorful lesson in American history

They said the Wilds could never be tamed. If only they could see us now. Here’s the tl;dr version of Bastion’s setting. You know how JRPG worlds often feel like medieval Europe and medieval-Europe-flavored fantasy run through a strange and colorful culture grinder? Bastion’s landscape is like that, except its raw materials largely come from [...]

Why “indie” has become a genre word

Some days ago there materialized a Rock, Paper, Shotgun article about how the term “indie” is…well, let me quote: In essence, it’s a relic. Perhaps it held meaning once, but now it’s a rusty reminder of bygone times. … We use it constantly, and it’s created a plethora of negative, oftentimes limiting connotations. Eh. Basically [...]

Being there, alone

Every once in a while Cuchlann mentions that he wants to write more about video games. And he has — over here. (Did you know he set up a new solo blog? Rather than talking about nerd stuff how he’d talk about classic literature, he talks about classic literature how he’d talk about nerd stuff. [...]

On Cash Points and Video Game Money

I rarely harbor feelings of hate when I play video games. But when I do, I do it with audacity and intensity. So when the concept of incorporating Cash Points in modern gaming came into existence, I was furious. Why, you ask? Because the existence of Cash Points is the most horrific thing to happen in the [...]

Adventures in Criticism: Otaku 2

Well, OGT warned me, but I didn’t think it would be that bad. The second chapter of Otaku is pretty epic. O_o It’s where most of the meat of the book lies, actually. So. Chapter two: “Database Animals.”

To Race Chocobos in the Shadow of Sin

I haven’t been watching much anime recently.  I mean to post soon about the reason why, but the basic problem is that I’m doing something cool next semester that requires me to do a lot of advance reading over the summer. I have, however, been playing a lot of video games, mostly Oblivion and Chrono [...]

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