Those of us of a certain age will remember the old commercials for Reese’s Peanut Butter Cups. It’s an easy-to-understand idea – a candy that combines two flavors to produce something entirely new and tasty. Never mind that Reese’s Peanut Butter Cups (love them or hate them) don’t taste much like an actual chocolate bar …
Peanut Butter and Chocolate: Mixing Genres in Game Design Read More »
The story has to start with The Wheel. I am not a gamer who buys a lot of hardware and peripherals. I eventually get around to getting a console or two every generation, but I’m never first in line and I wait for the price cuts. I’m primarily a PC gamer, but I’ll go five …
East Bound and Down: A Love Letter to Euro Truck Simulator 2 Read More »
Spoiler warning for several older games, including the Bioshock series and Silent Hill 2, as well as the movie Memento. Memento, an early Christopher Nolan movie, is a well-executed example of a familiar writing trope: the unreliable narrator. The audience experiences the events of the movie from the point of view of the main character, …