Some fragmentary thoughts on The Last of Us
I’ve made sporadic, clumsy attempts to write about video games on this blog before, and here’s another. I do think I might do this more, though, because I write about games a good deal in a vaguely...
View ArticleOn The Walking Dead S2, Sarah, and why it all matters
I just sent this to feedback@telltalegames.com, regarding episode 4 of The Walking Dead: Season Two. Massive spoilers for that episode within. Hi, Telltale. Let me introduce this by introducing...
View ArticleThoughts on ludonarrative difficulties and The Walking Dead: Season Two
Note: This is all my interpretation of a game and a story that allows for a multiplicity of interpretations; that’s one of its strengths. So when I say “the game is doing X” or “the game meant Y”...
View ArticleMeaningful choice and The Walking Dead: an addendum
After I wrote yesterday about some of the ludonarrative problems inherent in a game like The Walking Dead, I kept thinking about why the finale of Season Two didn’t work nearly as well for me as the...
View ArticleGood Endings and Bad Deaths – on The Walking Dead’s mid-season finale and...
[Hey, guys – meant to edit this earlier, but this is just to say… I no longer believe all of this. In part because of the very things I’m talking about here, which I frankly find unbelievable. Possibly...
View ArticleA happy TWD fandom thing by me
So I wrote this a while ago, but I don’t think I ever posted about it here, and hey, for other fans of The Walking Dead and Beth Greene in these dark times, it might be a balm. It’s also one of the...
View ArticleA light in dark places when all other lights go out
image courtesy of Mike McCune Any unfortunate person who follows me on Tumblr has noticed that it’s lately become the repository for all my feelings about The Walking Dead (and for that I sincerely...
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