Editors Note: This is part 2 of a previous post. Mortal Kombat 11 as arrived & in true bloody fashion the game as raised expectations of both gore & what a fighting game can be. In terms of studios, Netherrealm seems to have things down to a set schedule with this series. Beginning with 2011’s… Read More Mortal Kombat 11 review
This will be a 2 part post, a review of MK11 will follow part 1. It’s weird to think I’ve been playing a game that my parents once played beyond Mario. What is it about this series in particular that as allowed it to come back from a series of bad games in the late… Read More Mortal Kombat Retrospective
In one of my classes, a video game studies & criticism class, we’ve discussed a lot of things around and about gaming(duh). From what a gamer is & how they choose to identify themselves, types of play, story, race, gender, sociological and philosophical effects of gaming. For the last few years, I considered myself a… Read More Change in solid state
Exploring Control & Interaction in Gaming Move forward, back, jump, if you are lucky maybe you will be even able to dodge. In the early generations of gaming most control was limited to those actions. As games evolved from the earliest side scrollers such as Super Mario, Halloween, Pitfall, Prince of Persia in a few… Read More An Essay on Control & Interactivity
Recently in one of my classes, specifically a video game studies and criticism class, we ended up discussing gender, representation & race in video games. It’s an issue that as been growing in games probably long before I picked up a controller. Video games, like film, are about fantasy & often portray stereotypes when it… Read More Race & Gaming
Hey you, yeah that’s right I’m talking to you. Want to play video games on campus but don’t have the money to waste on Steam, the App Store or Pinball Pete’s? Is your console at home collecting dust until you come home during holiday breaks? Or are you just sick of your family or roommate… Read More U of M Computer & Video Games Library
Recently, Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice was released for the Xbox One, PS4 and PC. The game tells the story of a Shinobi during the Sengoku period attempting to rescue his captured lord. A mixture of strategy and slash, stealth, sandbox and some RPG elements. Upon its release the game as garnered much praise for its… Read More The challenge of masochistic gaming difficulties, or how I learned to enjoy Sekiro
Nestled away in between the central and north campus at the University of Michigan is a little place my friends actually dragged me to a lot. The street it’s on is lined with a mixture of bars, cheap eateries whose neon signs beckon in night owls & overpriced student bookstores. You wouldn’t think that the… Read More An evening at Pinball Pete’s
Oh DOA…once upon a time, the last console generation in fact, you where the best of fighting genre. Then again there wasn’t much to be found in the last gen in terms of fighting games outside of Tekken(which was finding it’s way in that get). DOA offered players pretty deep fighting mechanics wrapped in shiny… Read More Dead or Alive 6 Review & Retrospect
Like their cinematic counterpart video game adaptations of comic books have had a rocky history. For every one game done decently, dozens of mediocre ones seem to come out back to back with each passing console generation. Some of the best video games based off of comics over the last few years have been those… Read More Spider-Man PS4 Review
Dual Screens with Alex 