Gameplay vs. Story in Gaming Narratives
What do we mean when we talk about a game’s story? Most of us would categorize “gameplay” as the specific actions the player commits during the game. While things get hazy when dealing with predetermined…
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The Lego Movie: Real Movie or Giant Toy Commercial?
Yes, this is one of my “wet blanket” articles, but damnit, somebody’s got to be the wet blanket around here. I’ve been trying to gauge the general reaction to the trailer for the Lego movie,…
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Watch in Awe as Super-Brilliant Terry Gilliam Explains his Monty Python Animations
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xs7WaL44_Iw A while back, I posted a bit of creative inspiration featuring John Cleese. Today, I’ve got another that stars fellow Python member Terry Gilliam as he talks about the process behind his bizarre, subversive…
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Why Superman Returns is One of My Favorite Superhero Movies Ever
Confession: I’m not much of a horror movie expert, especially not by the standards of this site. But even though I’m woefully out of my depth when Halloween rolls around, I still wanted to find…
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Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell is One of the Best Fantasy Books Ever
So there’s this book called Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell, written by a woman named Susanna Clarke. You should read it. Like, as soon as possible.* This book is a no-joke classic, the BBC is…
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Revisiting Iron Man Three: Marvel’s Best to Date
I would say that Marvel’s most recent Iron Man flick was the most polarizing movie of the summer, but that’s simply not true. This summer, more than any I can remember, saw fervent debate over…
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Why Can’t We Be Friends?
“Everybody’s entitled to his/her own opinion” is one of the sneakier axioms we have in the geek community. Oh, sure, it’s true to an extent. Even if opinions have different degrees of validity in a…
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My Favorite Mediocre Movie Franchises
I don’t really have guilty pleasures. Well, except for Tron: Legacy. Exceptions aside, most of the “bad” movies I like are movies that I think a lot of people are genuinely missing out on. I’ll…
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Why I Stopped Playing The Last of Us
I was really looking forward to The Last of Us. For one thing, the first two Uncharted games are some of the most immersive, rewarding experiences I’ve had on the PS3 to date. With those,…