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Sarah Kerrigan's Transformations throughout StarCraft. I want to preface this blog post with two things. 1. I'm only looking at Kerrigan through the games, not any of the surrounding media. 2. I'm probably wrong about all of this, so don't get too upset about anything I say. I've borrowed the title of this post from... Continue Reading →
...because we live them? Lately I've been reading quite a bit about horror in cinema and other media to sort out some thoughts that have been bothering me lately. I think most of us are aware of the immersion we gain by playing games. If we like the games we can sit for hours and... Continue Reading →
I've been reading a lot on Twitter lately about how games are "beaten". "I beat Animal Crossing". "I beat Final Fantasy 7". "I beat"... whatever it was that needed beating, I suppose. I don't beat games. I play them, experience them and finish them. Perhaps this is because I enjoy playing any of the games... Continue Reading →
One of the reasons I started looking at problematic enemies specifically in BioWare games is because I know these games so well. I've played them over and over countless times. I'm not even kidding. I've actually lost count. The thing that has struck me in all of this is that there's a strong streak of... Continue Reading →
During my 30+ years as a gamer, I always knew I stood out as "odd" and perhaps "other". Actually, that's not entirely true. I didn't realise how odd and other I was until I visited a games store somewhere in my early teens. I was super excited. Finally! I could have my pick of games!... Continue Reading →
When I told colleagues that I was going to do some writing about problematic enemies in games, one of the enemies that came up was the Desire Demon in Dragon Age: Origins and Dragon Age II. While I don't disagree - the Desire Demon is a pretty blatant example of 1. the expectation that all... Continue Reading →
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