Prior to playing Robert Yang’s game Cobra Club, my only experience with pictures of penises was to groan and roll my eyes. “Can you fucking believe this guy sent me a picture of his dick?” a coworker lamented to me once. Many of us receiving unwanted dick pics realize the act of sending a dick […]
Mario Maximalism: Super Mario 3D World and What Mario Should Learn from Kanye West
A couple months ago, I bought a Wii U. It’s the first Nintendo home console I’ve owned since roughly 2006, when I ill-advisedly sold my Gamecube to, uh, I don’t remember, buy an Xbox or a pipe bomb or something. I’ve missed my Gamecube a bit ever since: there’s something uniquely delightful about a good […]
Melancholy in the Age of Shovels: The Bright Sadness of Shovel Knight
In between stages, Shovel Knight, star of Yacht Club Games’ Shovel Knight, sleeps at a lonely camp fire. Sometimes, he dreams. In Shovel Knight’s dreams, his former partner, Shield Knight, is falling from a great height. You, as Shield Knight, are waiting on the ground, standing against stark white surroundings, a blank mindspace. As the […]