Putting my personal feelings toward this franchise aside (my feelings are certainly mixed), the discussion we had about terror in media immediately reminded me of this game. We discussed how in horror games, oftentimes players are forced to move around and fight against horror creatures/escape them. The original Five nights at Freddy’s game completely flipped…
As we were discussing Stephen King’s differentiation between horrifying and terrifying narratives during yesterday’s class, I couldn’t help but think of my own personal experience playing the game Bioshock and how I experienced both types of narratives in a single playthrough. I first started playing Bioshock a few weeks ago upon the recommendation of multiple…
[Warning: Some spoilers ahead for Bandersnatch if you have not played through yet.] (Might as well post my review of this Choose Your Own Adventure film while kinda still on the topic. I saw this on the syllabus for potential course materials and had to revisit it.) As someone who was obsessed with the Black…
So I just started playing God of War Ragnarok on the PS5 and I’ve immediately been reminded of all the warm and fuzzy feelings that I got from the original 2018 game. Apart from one thing. Were the controls this complex before? I don’t think so and I believe that’s because there were less weapons…
I’ve never been opposed to any kind of game playing. Playground/Kids games, sports, table top, board games, video games; I’m all in. I’m sure if you gave me a Nokia phone from 2003 or a TI-83 graphing calculator right now in 2023 I could spend at least an hour playing Snake or Falling Down. Or…
By: Nicole Kulick Today in class we talked a bit about the distinction between horrors and thrillers. As Stephen King appears to have described thisdifference, he has explained that when it comes to horror, there is an element of choice involved. On the contrary, in a thriller, that sense of any level of power or…
I saw Free Guy when it first came out in the summer of 2021 after I was recovering from a minor surgery, and I must say, I thoroughly enjoyed it. I remember it being a lighthearted romp through the world of world of massively multiplayer online games, and coupled with Taika Waititi’s humor and Joe…
This is a topic that I’ve thought about for a while, but never really had a reason to talk about until now, since I’m in the fortunate position of getting class credit for my videogame-related ramblings. Every few years or so, a game will make it to a ridiculous level of popularity, even making it…
Recently I decided to give Final Fantasy XIV (2013) a try with my girlfriend and it was overwhelming. Even with my over-a-decade of experience with MMO’s like Maplestory (2005*), Guild Wars 2 (2012), and Lost Ark (2022), starting a new MMO can be mind-boggling. As an introduction to the genre, MMO’s are Massively Multiplayer Online…
Time plays a versatile role in video games. It keeps track of how long you spend finishing a level or the entire game. It can be something you want to beat in order to speedrun a game. It can intensify the situations as seconds continuously count down. Time is something we normally do not pay…
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