Author: Taylor Hidalgo
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Art Tickles – Passive Entertainment
I believe games should celebrate passivity a little more.
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Ghost in the Shell Review — A Shell of What’s Beneath
Written for XPGain, recreated with permission. Among the more difficult things to realize in life is that change is slow, and accepting things that deviate from expectations isn’t always a quick or easy process. The themes of change and expectation deviation permeate the recent reboot of the 1995 classic Ghost in the Shell, which was…
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Art Tickles – Dashboards and Darkness
At various times in my life, I find myself alone in my car, with long stretches of road ahead and behind me.
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About Scenery, Music, Relaxation
One of my favorite experiences in any game is experiencing the staccato rhythm of Pikachu’s crouch-walk in any Super Smash Bros. When I started writing about games at a professional capacity, I wanted to focus on narrative and ludonarrative aspects. I leaned heavily on the fiction and narrative side of game design because that was…
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Art Tickles – I Need You, and I Hate You for It
In one way, I am a powergaming weasel, in another, I am an indulgent thespian.
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Art Tickles – The Missing Points
There’s something terribly misleading about a full health bar.
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The Division – Aesthetic Review
New York City swells with snow. a little subdued, as if waiting for the next blizzard, gunshot, or tragedy.
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Games of 2016
For the games that have shone their lights on my life in 2016.
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Art Tickles – What It Means
Which one is clearer? A, or B? A, or B?
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Half-Life 2 – Aesthetic Review
Persons can act, persons can move, persons can feel, understand, remember… I can’t.
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An Overflowing Lack of Purpose
Written for Ontolgical Geek, recreated with permission. Eagleland is something of an idyllic, suburban paradise. Small towns, beautifully kept grass and woodlands, tourist vistas, burger shops, and drugstores galore. Every town has a wonderful hotel, plenty of access to fee-free ATMs, and its own suite of strange characters and faces. For Ness and his friends, Eagleland is…
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A Few Ill-Placed Pieces
Life can sometimes feel like a puzzle, but not all pieces are shaped the same.