I have a problem. Well, it’s not really a problem, per se. It’s just some sort of weird, mental block. When playing RPGs of any stripe, I can’t be evil. Let’s clarify a little bit: when I’m your GM, I will make you cry. I will milk every...
Silent Hill 2 and Guilt: Part 4
posted by Margaret
Guilty James in the “Prisonic Fairytale”: In the previous sections, I gave a brief survey on previous writing about Silent Hill. That was essentially “Part One” of the essay broken down into more appropriate lengths for a blog post....
Video Game Review: NI NO KUNI
posted by Caitlin
When I was too little to realize that anime was actually animation from a different country, not just a different American style, I saw a movie about a couple of girls, a few dust bunnies, and a large, gray, furry creature. Oh, and a bus that looked...
At the (Nibel) Mountains of Madness
posted by Margaret
A Quickie Intro to Horror and Stuff Alright, let me first put this out there and state that I am by no means an expert in horror literature. However, I do consider myself somewhat of an expert in Final Fantasy VII, and I do reserve a special...
At the (Nibel) Mountains of Madness
posted by Margaret
“At the (Nibel) Mountains of Madness: A Lovecraftian Perspective of Final Fantasy VII Part I: Final Fantasy VII was my first Final Fantasy game (though VI reigns supreme as my actual favorite), and I imagine this was true for a lot of other...
Nuzlocke
posted by Margaret
Ah, the Nuzlocke Challenge. Don’t know about it? You can read it here: http://www.nuzlocke.com/challenge.php For the tl;dr crowd, there are two rules: ONE! Catch the first Pokemon you meet in any new area… and only that one (if you miss...
Silent Hill 2 Guilt: Part 3
posted by Margaret
The last of the background info on which I will build my own findings… Ewan Kirkland. Another important figure in Silent Hill writing is Ewan Kirkland, author of “The Self-Reflexive Funhouse of Silent Hill” (2007), “Restless dreams...
Silent Hill 2 Guilt: Part 2
posted by Margaret
The Background (well, half of it, at any rate): When it comes to scholars on the topic of video games, especially about Silent Hill 2, Marc Santos, Sarah White, and Ewan Kirkland have been some big names who certainly cannot be ignored. These...
XBetrayal One
posted by Caitlin
Unless you: Know no video gamers. Do not use any social media. Have never used the internet, ever. You’ve probably heard a little something about the Xbox One, its original announced features, and the retraction of most of those features when...
Silent Hill 2 Guilt: Part 1 of Many
posted by Margaret
Hey, folks! Today, I want to start a series of posts about my FAVORITE of the Silent Hill games. In this series of posts, I will share a reworked version of an essay I wrote back in 2011 for a Literary Theory course while I was enrolled in my...
Violent Video Games =/= Violent People
posted by Caitlin
Have you heard the story about the suicide bomber? They found Angry Birds on his phone—he obviously got the idea from the game. You know, hours and hours of murdering pigs with birds, all that violence really got to him, screwed with his brain,...
Odd Thoughts On Mobile Games
posted by Caitlin
Like pretty much everyone, I have a smartphone. On that smartphone are a lot of apps, including game apps. I also have a pretty long commute on the LIRR, which is notorious for breakdowns during peak commuting hours, and thus I have trained myself...
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