


Writing about video games is hard work

A games journalist finds inspiration from unlikely source

The People of the North, the best Final Fantasy X song you never heard

Are video games really ruining men?

How smart people can make dumb games

Control

Shepard’s Choice

Lent and videogames: An Easter meditation

Saving an empty galaxy: Why a Mass Effect 4 is impossible

Embarrassing and dishonest: TV’s portrayal of gaming

Tips for breaking into video games journalism

A penny for your thoughts: Exploiting the amateur game journalist

Decoding virtual reality: Understanding the language of video game controls

Why sidequests matter: Creating player motivation

Kingdoms of Amalur proves motion controls suck

Being poor is good: Why engineered currency scarcity improves a game

Why good writers won’t save games

Art and advertising: The true nature of videogame trailers

Five Final Fantasy songs to make you cry

Sex, Lies and Cartridges: Videogame romance is alive and well

Sexual preference in Skyrim: “Where my fat chicks at?”

Understanding the “other”: Racism in Skyrim

Between giants and dragons: Politics in Skyrim

Five games that make it more fun to be evil

Press X to cry, lust, and lie: Four ways the medium is the message

Stop hating Nintendo and other New Year’s resolutions

Moral lessons in gaming

Making monsters in The Last Of Us

Five FPS trends that need to die

Skyrim’s five deadly sins

Dragonborn no more: How immersion in Skyrim fails

The Black Star obsession

Defining role-playing: self expression or self indulgence?

Video games shouldn’t be fun

Bring back Halo’s Library and lose the roller-coaster ride of duty

Why Skyrim teaches us to be like Jesus

Skyrim lacks style, Too much class

Needle in the arm: Why game reviews are killing us
