This time we need to get our sneak on.
Also, I hope you all are having a merry Christmas – except for Kid X-Mas. That guy’s a dick.
Let’s Play – Remember Me: Part 15 – Stealth Level
Let’s Play – Remember Me: Part 14 – Big Stompy Robot
This time we get to fight a big stompy robot!
Let’s Play – Remember Me: Part 13 – Yet Another Sewer Level
This time we make our way through the game’s second sewer level.
Let’s Play – Remember Me: Part 12 – Bar Fight
This time we return to Tommy’s bar, only to get caught in another fight.
Let’s Play – Remember Me : Part 11 – “ProTip: Do Not Play With Cat On Shoulder”
The Remember Me Let’s Play continues, with proof why you shouldn’t play video games with a cat on your shoulder.
Let’s Play – Remember Me: Part 10 – …Paved With Good Intentions
This time we continue to make our way through the slums.
Let’s Play – Remember Me: Parts 8 & 9
So, I forgot to post part 8 of my Let’s Play of Remember Me yesterday, so I’m going to make up for that today.
And now here’s part 9.
The Nintendo Power Retrospectives – Part 22
Let’s Play – Remember Me: Part 7 – The Heist
This time we get to the actual data-steal.
Let’s Play – Remember Me: Part 6 – Fanboy
In part 6 we get to meet Nilin’s biggest fan.
Let’s Play – Remember Me: Part 5 – Check Your Privilege
This time we get to see how the other 1% lives.
Let’s Play – Remember Me: Part 4 – Re-mix!
Today we get to check out Remember Me’s memory re-mix system.
Let’s Play – Remember Me: Part 3 – S-Pressin Yourself
In this episode, we get our first look at one of the S-Pressins.
Let’s Play – Remember Me: Part 2 – Combat Tutorials
Well, we learned about the core of the game’s setting last time. Now let’s learn how to fight.
Let’s Play: Remember Me – Part 1 – Jailbreak
This week I’m starting a Let’s Play of Remember Me, a 2013 title from Capcom with some Transhumanist Cyberpunk themes.
Narrative Uncanny Valley
Merry Christmas. Today I’m talking about how the metaphor of the uncanny valley can be applied to narrative and gameplay in video games.
Leigh Alexander’s review that inspired this whole train of thought: http://www.gamasutra.com/view/news/200648/Opinion_The_tragedy_of_Grand_Theft_Auto_V.php
Let’s Play – Halo 4
Recently, on my YouTube channel, I completed a Halo 4 let’s play. I’m posting the whole playlist here for your convenience and viewing pleasure. Enjoy!
Nintendo Power Retrospectives – Part 17
This time we’re taking a look at Nintendo Power #8, for September and October of 1989, and our first Game Boy game!
Games Reviewed:
Nintendo Power Retrospectives – Part 13
This week in the Nintendo Power Retrospectives, I start with the “Best of the Rest” of Nintendo Power’s first year, reviewing the first 11 titles (out of 33) that made the Top 30 but weren’t featured in Nintendo Power proper. Read more
Nintendo Power Retrospectives – Part 11
This week we come to the second to last issue of Nintendo Power’s first year, featuring another classic title in Ninja Gaiden, and two classicly bad titles in The Adventures of Bayou Billy and Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, along with an underrated gem.
Nintendo Power Retrospective – Part 9
Let’s Play – Genji: Days of the Blade, Part 7
At long last we get through the first chapter of the game.
Nintendo Power Retrospective – Part 4
This week I’m covering two issues of Nintendo Fun Club News – Issues #4 & #5
Games Reviewed (for the NES):
RC Pro-Am
Ice Hockey
The Goonies II
Let’s Play – Genji: Days of the Blade, Part 6
This time, in Genji: Days of the Blade I start to fight my way through the treasure room complex, which is currently on fire. While trying to retrieve a flammable McGuffin.
