This post is an answer to an exam question. I chose Escape from Tenopia Island, a CYOA eBook I downloaded, because I found its sci-fi plot interesting. The novel’s plot centers around an apocalyptic event during which my spaceship collides with a meteor. I am the only person to survive the impact, and I abandon…
The Old Man’s Club is a video game adaptation of the book The Old Man and the Sea. Usually, I do not like adaptations of books that do not follow the storyline exactly, but I actually enjoyed the way this game was made. First off, the sound reminds you of the docks, with the sounds…
The music in Space Invaders gives an other-worldly vibe as the player plays the game. The sound effects evoke the feeling of fighting a presence that is foreign but not too different from your own, as the shooting sounds made by the player and by the invaders are different but similar. As the invaders get…
Today, my news feed updated me with something I hadn’t really expected. Jalopy, an indie game I have been following for years now, was finally going to come out of “Steam Early Access” and release its 1.0 build. For those unfamiliar the concept, Early Access is a category of games available on Steam that are…
Before the beginning of the semester, playing a game to me was inserting yourself into the shoes of the protagonist and making sure they (they also being you) reached their goal. Though I understood that some people played for fun, I thought the purpose of play in relation to games was always to put yourself…
Is Pokémon Go racist? That depends. There are two definitions of racism: one societal, the other individual. Societally speaking, racism is the oppression of one race by a dominant race(s). Individually speaking, racism is discrimination based on race. Pokémon Go is racist in the first sense– none of the developers (presumably) meant to make their…
(This post was a response to an exam question.) The Last of Us is a game I find interesting based on two criteria: the use of vulnerability in the storyline to create a deep emotional connection between the player and the game characters, and the use of an inventory system that reinforces the desperate circumstances…
Two criteria I believe to be important when discussing Undertale are the depth of complex characters and the games emotional impact on the player. When speaking about the complexity of characters, I will focus on how well the characters come off as people you should care for instead of useless NPCs . When speaking about…
Twine was one of my first true loves, along with Ren’Py. When I was 14 or 15 and I began wanting to transition from writing stories to writing game stories, Twine and Ren’Py were easy and accessible, with the right amount of programming to teach me something, but not too much that it was impossible to…
So far in this class, we have played a variety of games dealing with moral choices as well as discussed them in class. As I see it, it’s possible to divide games with a moral aspect into three categories: (1) social issue games, which deal explicitly with issues with a moral dimension, and make this…
