Another year gone. 2025 will mark three years of this infinitesimal site and four years of me being a professional video game critic. As I look back, I reminisce and wish that I wasn’t living so devilish, shit! The melancholy begins to set. In 2024 I became an NPR contributor (let’s see how...
Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown and Tales of Kenzera: ZAU are notable examples of games that revere non-Western or Japanese mythologies and cultures. In addition, these games share other noteworthy traits. Black male protagonists are at the center of their epic stories. ZAU was made by the small...
“Everything that takes place on the screen — a Mutant attack, a powerpack munch, an asteroid cluster, plus noises, colour, maneuvering — is simply the machine’s response to information”. – Amis, Invasion of the Space Invaders, pg. 112 In 1982 director Steven Spielberg diagnosed enfant...