Category: Haywire Magazine
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Art Tickles – A Sort of Platypus
Written for Haywire Magazine. It seems like hardly three or four months can go by in gaming circles without the conversation about games writers playing poorly coming up, and despite the myriad of flaws with the belief that there is a definitively wrong way to play, I find myself circling back to that idea like…
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Art Tickles – Preserved
The world had ended 210 years ago.
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Art Tickles – Defined by Their Exceptions
David Cage missed becoming a film director, but never let it alter his dream too much.
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Art Tickles – Boxing Ourselves In
As the walls tighten, tensions soar, and pretty soon several will die—the situation feels inevitable.
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Art Tickles – Passive Entertainment
I believe games should celebrate passivity a little more.
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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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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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Art Tickles – What It Means
Which one is clearer? A, or B? A, or B?
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Art Tickles – Barriers to Entry
Games can comfort in a way other media often can’t, but it certainly isn’t the easiest road to walk.
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Art Tickles – Over Those Who Watch
Mechanically and narratively, there are no single right answers.
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Art Tickles – Home is Where the Hearts Are
There’s more to “home” than health restoration.