So, today I attended a talk at GDC given by former Capcom designer Keiji Inafune about the future of the Japanese game industry and what is going wrong with Japanese game creators. As you might know, I recently was a podcast guest of Silly Frags/Gayme Bar collaboration Gayme Probe where I defended the appeal of JRPGs… Continue reading Nippon ichi
I have no words
When I was five, my parents got divorced. For many long years, my mother raised me by herself. She worked a job that didn't put any of her great intellect or passion to work, for long hours, to support us both and to make sure I had every opportunity. And I could be a selfish… Continue reading I have no words
From Narshe, with love
As I pretty much just said on Twitter, any topic that reaches five Twitter posts' worth of commentary from me is going to get a full-on blog post. We'll see how long I stick to that. Lately I've had discussions in multiple arenas about what makes a good Final Fantasy game. Co-GAMBITeer Matt Weise and… Continue reading From Narshe, with love
I’m not dead
When did I last post here? Oh, right... last July. The uh... life situation is now considerably different than it was last July, and the fact that being crazy busy made me sortakinda abandon this blog for a while did not in any way help matters. However, since I've all but abandoned the crumbling Babel… Continue reading I’m not dead
Shut up that is why
The dissertation has kept me from posting here, friends, and for that I am sorry. In order to make it up to you, I'd like to present you with the first two pages of that very document. This story is not only how I draw the reader into my study, but it's also a truly,… Continue reading Shut up that is why
Gays in the military
Oh, my friends. It's been some time since I had a moment or two to craft a blog post for you, but today I really, really just saw something that made me get on here and share my thoughts with you. So Gamestop had a sale a few weeks back where a number of PS3… Continue reading Gays in the military
A clever title escapes me
So, uh, as I mentioned on Twitter right before I started teaching class today, I had a singularly unsettling experience in the Athens city parking garage that I feel the need to share with you. The garage is kind of like most of its type; you spiral around up half-story floors full of spots. The… Continue reading A clever title escapes me
L&O: SVU MPD
(Fair warning: massive spoilers for season 11, episode 13 of L&O: SVU in this post.) Okay. Law and Order: Special Victims Unit. It may be because I live alone, and if I don't have the sound of other human voices in my apartment I will seriously just go insane and start shanking someone, but a… Continue reading L&O: SVU MPD
Non-stop Climax Blog Post
So a while back I was invited by Mia Consalvo to take part in a podcast by the GAMBIT Lab at MIT with herself, Clara Fernández-Vara, and Matthew Weise. They were talking about a game that was, at the time, newly released and hotly controversial: Bayonetta. If you don't know anything about the game, let… Continue reading Non-stop Climax Blog Post
Gamestop it, please.
I had hoped to enter the world of blogging with some sort of epic big bang, where I found something amazingly offensive and just tore it to shreds for your amusement. Sadly, I don't think that's going to happen, but honestly, that would be a sort of ridiculous thing to do anyway. Instead, I'm going… Continue reading Gamestop it, please.