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Author Archives: Taylor Hidalgo

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Art Tickles – Emotionally Over Budget

Featuredby Taylor Hidalgo Leave a comment

It costs something to be a part of games spaces.

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The Streets of Midgar

November 6, 2020by Taylor Hidalgo Leave a comment

It is 2 AM, and I am in a dark bedroom, in a home that is not mine. The walls are unfamiliar, as is the PlayStation controller in my hand. And for the first time in my life, I am experiencing a videogame.

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Picture of a murder victim with a cyan space suit.

The Unkillable Beast that Lurks Among Us

October 24, 2020by Taylor Hidalgo Leave a comment

The crew meets in the cafeteria, tense stares across a large table, one space in the circle conspicuously open.

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Shutter Stroll, Time, and Quarantine

July 2, 2020by Taylor Hidalgo Leave a comment

There’s just an ongoing soft breeze, gentle drizzle, and a moment of quiet. Then, you may leave, either to another island, or back to the passage of time.

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Taking My Feelings for a Ride

May 9, 2020by Taylor Hidalgo Leave a comment

The glow on my arm, a gentle green, shows that despite my pax’s erratic movement in the back, I am calm here in the front. Though these feelings may not last the ride.

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Art Tickles – Seeking Comfort from the Apocalypse

April 1, 2020by Taylor Hidalgo Leave a comment

Written for Haywire Magazine. Weather in The Zone of Exclusion doesn’t behave the same way it does everywhere else. Sometimes a furious energy storm sweeps through the sky, shaking the […]

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Art Tickles – Sharing Perspective

January 27, 2020by Taylor Hidalgo 1 Comment

Games are a great many things, and for both mundane and complex reasons, they are difficult to write about.

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Art Tickles – Untaught Languages

January 5, 2020by Taylor Hidalgo 1 Comment

There is a gulf between understanding what a videogame is meant to evoke in its players, and intuiting what a player experience is like. The former is something that can be read in nearly any Wikipedia article; the latter is difficult to experience without having first-hand play time and knowledge in games.

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Citadel: Forged with Fire Review – Not All Who Explore

December 23, 2019by Taylor Hidalgo Leave a comment

Written for MMOGames, recreated in part, with permission. The forest is quiet. Somewhere on the far side of a small grove a trees, a boar is grunting to itself as […]

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Astellia Review – A Familiar Experience, Plus Astels

December 11, 2019by Taylor Hidalgo Leave a comment

Written for MMOGames.com, recreated in part, with permission. Little slices of sunlight dance along the grass. The hints of light pierce through the canopy above, painting abstract patterns as the […]

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