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Melancholy in the Age of Shovels: The Bright Sadness of Shovel Knight

December 10, 2014 By Jake Muncy Leave a Comment

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 […]

Filed Under: Features, Reviews Tagged With: 8bit, action adventure, game review, Indie, indie game, jake muncy, melancholy, mourning, nostalgica, shield knight, shovel knight, shovels, video games

Death by Tutorial Bear: Some Early Thoughts on Far Cry 4

November 21, 2014 By Jake Muncy Leave a Comment

Far Cry 4 Vista

Our games editor, Jake Muncy, has been playing Far Cry 4 since it came out on Tuesday and is eager to share his thoughts. A full review or analysis, however, is a ways away—this game is frickin’ twenty- to forty-hours long and our boy has a day job. In the meantime, here are some reflections […]

Filed Under: Features, Reviews Tagged With: far cry, far cry 4, features, game impressions, jake muncy, notes, Ubisoft, video games

Broken Unity: Let’s Talk Assassin’s Creed and Review Embargoes

November 14, 2014 By Jake Muncy Leave a Comment

AC Unity Horrorface Glitch

My initial plan for this week was to purchase Assassin’s Creed: Unity and write up some impressions for my weekly Loser City thing. We’re a pretty small operation here, and it can be hard to get review copies of games when you’re a small operation, so if I’m really interested in a major release I […]

Filed Under: Features, News Tagged With: Assassins Creed, Assassins Creed Unity, embargo, game reviews, glitches, jake muncy, review embargoes, Ubisoft, video games

Hold X to Remember the Dead: How Video Games Help Me Mourn

November 7, 2014 By Jake Muncy Leave a Comment

Press F to Pay Respects, Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare

It’s a cliche to say that I’m no good at funerals. No one is. Our culture is a bit anemic when it comes to mourning, I think. Our traditions are sparse, informal, and brief. Take a week, have an understated, quiet service in a church you may or may not visit any other time, and […]

Filed Under: Features Tagged With: call of duty, Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare, death, Gaming, Hold X to Pay Respects, jake muncy, Kevin Spacey, Metal Gear Solid, mourning, ritual, shadow of the colossus, video games

99 Problems, and They All Orcs: Shadow of Mordor and Expanding the Middle Earth Universe

October 17, 2014 By Jake Muncy Leave a Comment

In an iconic scene from The Fellowship of the Ring, Frodo, horrified at what he has heard about Gollum, who is stalking him in hopes of reclaiming the Ring, remarks that it’s a “pity” that Bilbo didn’t kill him when he had a chance. Gandalf pushes back at the notion, insisting instead, “It was Pity […]

Filed Under: Features, Reviews Tagged With: Lord of the Rings, Lord of the Rings Shadows of Mordor, Monolith Productions, orcs, Review, shadows of mordor, video games, Warner Brothers

Save Points: Wasted Days (Dark Souls 2)

September 15, 2014 By Jake Muncy Leave a Comment

The Emerald Herald, Dark Souls 2

Jake Muncy has basically grown up as a gamer. He’s of a generation where video games have always existed, and as he has matured, so have they. Which is why we’re giving him the space to do Save Points, a column where he revisits his gaming history and works through the significance of the video games that […]

Filed Under: Features Tagged With: Bandai Namco Games, Dark Souls 2, From Software, Games, Save Points, video games

On Depression Quest

September 10, 2014 By LoserCityBoss Leave a Comment

Depression Quest Zoe Quinn

Author’s Note: It’s an ugly time to like video games right now. Recently, there have been campaigns of vitriolic hate and harassment against women critics, game developers, and their allies on some prominent corners of the internet. Games writing and the new wave of indie development along with it feels under siege to a lot […]

Filed Under: Features, Reviews Tagged With: Depression Quest, empathy games, video games, Zoe Quinn

You’ve Got Trench Foot, Charlie Brown! or: Why Valiant Hearts Just Didn’t Do It For Me

August 22, 2014 By LoserCityBoss Leave a Comment

Valiant Hearts

Remember This is America, Charlie Brown? The cartoon where the Peanuts gang informed us about the Mayflower while also unmistakably being the Peanuts gang? It’s a solid teaching tactic, the core of edutainment: give us a familiar narrative juxtaposed with real historical events, and in the process teach us something while still entertaining us. Kids love […]

Filed Under: Features, Reviews Tagged With: PS4, Ubisoft, Valiant Hearts, video games, World War 1

Locked in a Loop: A P.T. Travelogue

August 14, 2014 By LoserCityBoss Leave a Comment

PT Game

“Has that banana always been there?” I ask myself. I’m looking at a pile of trash on an end table near a locked front door. I’m pretty sure I want out of that door, but I have no idea how to open it. Or where it leads. All I know is that I am frightened […]

Filed Under: Features Tagged With: Guillermo del Toro, Hideo Kojima, Norman Reedus, PT, Silent Hill, video games

Soft Rock Star: Transistor Sings

July 3, 2014 By LoserCityBoss Leave a Comment

Transistor

I’m surrounded, so, naturally, I freeze time. Three big, lumbering enemies are pressing in on me. Their attacks do exactly too much damage, and I need to get rid of them quickly. I start by dropping a bomb where I stand. Then I chain a move to that that allows me to teleport a short […]

Filed Under: Features, Reviews Tagged With: Supergiant Games, Transistor, video games

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