The Value of Game Critique and Reviews
At MAGfest I was lucky enough to be on several panels as part of the MAGES wing of the conference! You can see the panel I headed up about Game Critique and Reviews, here now on this video on YouTube!...
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Currently Playing – Ori and the Blind Forest
I had a weekend set aside to relax, so I spent some of it playing Ori and the Blind Forest on Xbox One. I first saw the game at the ID@Xbox showcase at GDC, and then it was available just a few days...
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I was already interested in trying Mortal Kombat X, because it had been a little while since I bought a Mortal Kombat game. I was pushed over into the “immediate purchase” category by a tweet from Javy...
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A Review of the Characters in Mortal Kombat X, in No Particular Order (pt 1)
By request, I’m going to start by talking about Cassie Cage. Below the jump! Cassie Cage: Cassie seems like a pretty popular new character. I like her design quite a bit. She’s got a great haircut: an...
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A Review of the Characters in Mortal Kombat X (Pt 2 – Mostly Ninjas)
This article discussing ninjas in Mortal Kombat will contain some mild spoilers as pertains to ninjas in the story of Mortal Kombat. But before I even talk about ninjas, I’m going to talk about Kenshi!...
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A Review of the Characters in Mortal Kombat X (Pt 3)
In this entry, I have a lot to say about Kotal Kahn. Then a few characters I have less to say about! Kotal Kahn: So, Kotal Kahn is a new character. He’s the newest emperor of Outworld, who took over...
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A Review of the Characters in Mortal Kombat X (Pt 4 – Final)
We’re getting to the end of my Mortal Kombat character list, and here I’ll cover all the characters I missed in previous installments! This one is kind of picture-heavy since I talk a bit more about...
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Affordances in High Fidelity Environments or Why I Liked Tomb Raider Better...
I wrote a review of Rise of the Tomb Raider for Tap-Repeatedly.com. In the process, I went back and read my Uncharted review. I played Uncharted really late, and I actually didn’t much like the first...
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Fragments: Design for Mixed Reality
Anyone who knows me knows how extremely excited I was for the HoloLens, the Mixed Reality device being developed by Microsoft. When I saw the live demonstrations of the device, I knew I had to have it....
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ARGs are Bad
I wrote this whole essay out as a rant on Discord. But it’s a rant among the category of rants I rant a lot, so after some discussion, I decided also I would post this as an essay. It’s a little...
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