Although what I’m about to say is subjective and dependent on the group of people a person is around, I think it’s reasonable to state that playing games in public is a strange and complicated experience. To clarify what I mean by “public”, I want to say that I don’t mean playing games via streaming…
There are plenty of times when despite being ill or extremely tired, I still feel like I have the energy for playing video games. I’ve always felt a little bit guilty about this aspect of myself, but I think I’ve come to understand why I am the way I am, and I have a few…
The first step to solving a problem is to admit you have one to begin with. Therefore, I will be the first to admit that my relationship with the NPC’s of Stardew Valley is definitely moving into the territory of parasocial attachment. I feel stronger feelings and emotions towards a cluster of pixels on my…
Sports video games have always aimed to be realistic. People buy these games so they can replicate a professional sports league, and these games have often yielded criticism for poor graphics, gameplay, etc. But even so, those older, lower-quality games were a novelty at the time, and many of those games are now cherished by…
While listening to my classmates talk about Stanley Parable, I decided to check a review of the game out for myself as I didn’t have the opportunity to watch it in class. After reading a little bit about it, I discovered that the game, among many things, was a reflection on choice. This made me…
As I mentioned in another post, I have been playing a lot of Minecraft recently. However, while playing Minecraft and talking about it with my classmates, I started thinking about how Minecraft may have lore but does not have a plot. This lack of plot made me start thinking of media that doesn’t really have…
Video game to movie adaptations are notorious for being… just bad. The Last of Us recently began changing this perspective, and, even more recently, the new Mario movie seems to be doing something similar. One immensely popular video game, also created by Naughty Dog, was also recently adapted as a movie: Uncharted. Even though the…
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[Warning: Some minor spoilers ahead for the movie Happy Death Day if you have not watched it yet. The ending and specific intricacies are not spoiled!] While watching the film Edge of Tomorrow, starring Tom Cruise and Emily Blunt, a few moments in the movie reminded me of another movie…
I wanted to play Hades because I thought the protagonist was hot. Look at him and tell me you don’t agree. I didn’t know who he was (not Hades), the storyline of the game (escaping Hades), or how the game worked (still a little unclear), but the game was on my wishlist regardless. My friend…
As the semester comes to a close, I have found myself playing more and more Minecraft. I have never really been a big single-player guy and it’s been years since I played but I decided to give it a shot. However, once I started mining, I was very surprised to find out that they introduced…
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