“It’s just me and the AI politician telling me the untruths I want to hear.” By Harold Goldberg It’s never night in this videogame land, which kind of freaks me out. But I still play within it. I still play The Elder Scrolls: Blades even though the Early Access version is, at its worst,…
By Isaac Espinosa When the Mario Brothers are trapped within the gut of their spiked-shell-backed nemesis, will the Mushroom Kingdom ever be safe again? Mario & Luigi: Bowser’s Inside Story + Bowser Jr.’s Journey is an HD enhancement of a 2009 role playing game for the 3DS. In order to sell it again (as…
I contracted vampirism, and in a few days time, I was a vampire; my blood boiled in the sunlight and I became weak. By Kimari Rennis I confess. I’d never played The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim before. But it’s finally been ported to the Switch console, allowing one of the most well-known open-world RPG games…
By Shane Ferguson Before I even booted up the PS4 version of South Park: The Fractured But Whole, I couldn’t help but reminisce about the pleasant surprise which was the South Park: The Stick of Truth. I’ve never experienced anything quite like it. I’ve never literally laughed out loud that much playing any videogame. It felt…
by Harold Goldberg It’s rare, rare as finding a stash of FL diamonds on the grittier streets of the Lower East Side. The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt is a rare game that makes you feel, makes you feel the highs and lows of human emotions within a varied, frighteningly beautiful environment that is at once…
By comparing the culture within western and eastern RPGS, the author argues that plot in role playing games hinges not on one protagonist, but upon a motley crew of characters. by Robert Gordon In the world of role playing games, it’s the ensemble that’s key to plot formation. Though video game characters can be motivated…
