Thoughts, ramblings, and mental meanderings.
Quarantine has been a strange, mostly stationary journey for me. In the time since it started, I’ve primarily found myself sitting in one of a handful of rooms, passing the hours by mindlessly browsing the internet. The end result of any of these projects, or videos, or browsing is always the same, the passage of time without much significantly changing.
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.
Dantooine is warm around this time of year. On the warmer months, Jedi often train out in the field, surrounded by nature.
At some point, I stopped playing games just for myself. It can be hard not to in games. Even with a relatively quiet media landscape years ago, with just occasional […]
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Are relationships better for the struggles?
Somehow, I return to the five or so play experiences I can pick up, loop a few times, and then put down.
It feels like there’s a strict script one must follow: Games are played “right” when done right, and anything less efficient or less appropriately critical is missing the point. Only like good games, consume them voraciously, and leverage every bit of criticism you have against those that fail to meet appropriate standards.
Clients sit and talk to me about their lives, and I make mild observations or comments as I see fit. Amidst our chatter, I mix drinks.
What games would you include in a “Starter Kit” for a beginning games critic? Which games demand closer examination to sharpen your skills? (Tweet) Games are a whole bunch of […]