December 2011
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The Secret World of Link
While everyone is too busy with the controversy about how magnificent and/or bugged Skyward Sword is, I decided to forget about it for a while and take advantage of my prestigious status of Nintendo Ambassador to play another episode of the Zelda series, one that I ended up dismissing with a loud “meh” when I played it back in the days of its original release.
I thought Minish Cap...
The Bathtub: Editorial: Subjectivity and Games... →
soapy-illusions:
Game reviews are flawed. It’s partly the general public’s fault, partly the journalist themselves, and most wholly because of the review process itself. Writing about games has gone from the painfully simplistic to the intensely complex, inventing new academic words to discuss the finer points of…
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Wait! They don't love you like I love you.
“Love is over”, reads Catherine’s game over screen, once poor lead Vincent falls to his death from one of those bloody floating cubes.
Sometimes it’s the player’s fault; sometimes you can’t help but blame the awful camera and the awkward controls. It’s easy to get upset at the game, especially in the beginning, when rules are still obscure and...