Tag Archives: video games

Early Thoughts on Arkham Knight

Posted on July 1, 2015 by Erik

Warning: The following is going into a gigantic spoiler for Batman: Arkham Knight. It’s a big story point and if you haven’t played the game, you probably should not read the following. Even my set-up will give you a pretty … Continue reading →

Posted in Armchair Philosophy, Level Up, Nerd Alert | Tagged , , , | Leave a comment

Low-Rez Recollections: I Have No Mouth And I Must Scream

Posted on October 15, 2011 by Clint

Harlan Ellison is an angry man. For one thing, you might already be aware that he hates the Internet. Actually, the truth is a tad more complicated than that, as he has expressed already in his own inimicable and inexorable fashion. … Continue reading →

Posted in Home of the Bizarre Rant, Level Up, Nerd Alert | Tagged , , , | 3 Comments

Low-Rez Recollections: Escape From Hell

Posted on September 17, 2011 by Clint

One thing I strenuously try to avoid in my half-baked nostalgic looks back at the computer games of my youth is painting them out as somehow better than what’s being produced now. It’s just such an easy fallacy to slip … Continue reading →

Posted in Level Up, Nerd Alert | Tagged , , , | Leave a comment

Making Progress in Video Games

Posted on December 5, 2010 by Tim

As Clint and Erik noted a while ago, there are good ways and bad ways for a video game to tell you that you’ve done something important. It could be as simple as a little victory noise, like the “doo … Continue reading →

Posted in Level Up | Tagged , , , | Leave a comment

Pixelated Platformer Purity: LIMBO

Posted on August 21, 2010 by Clint

We find ourselves in a day and age of near-photorealistic 3d graphics and complex, multi-pathed storylines in our video games. Even the venerable Mario has come a long way from his 8-bit, side scroller roots, now serving up entire Galaxies for our … Continue reading →

Posted in Level Up, Moment of Excellence | Tagged , , , , , , | Leave a comment

Belated Game Reviews: Left Four Dead Two

Posted on March 14, 2010 by Tim

This isn’t as late as the last one, just four months, but still slightly behind the times.  Or maybe just in time but we’ll get to that in a second.  The thing is, I’ve finally managed to catch up to … Continue reading →

Posted in Level Up | Tagged , | Leave a comment

Belated Video Game Review: Psychonauts

Posted on March 7, 2010 by Tim

Due to a history of being both poor and cheap, I tend to trail far behind everyone else in the video game culture.  Rather than being an early adopter, I usually wait to pay for things until they’re old and … Continue reading →

Posted in Level Up | Tagged , | Leave a comment