Category Archives: Articles
Behind the Line: Immaturity in the Game Community
A long time ago I wrote about the immaturity of the games industry. There, I was specifically talking about the business side. We should also recognize that there’s some ingrained immaturity on the consumer side as well. I don’t mean
Behind the Line: Farewell to Demon’s Souls
Demon’s Souls servers will be getting sunset next year. I’m a fan of, and have written about, the Souls games before, so I’d like to take a moment this week to remember the game for what it was, and what
Dragon Age Retrospective 3: Awakenings of the Witch hunter
Dragon Age Retrospective 3: The Awakening to the Witch Hunt Before we get started I need to address something I missed last time. That would be the Golems of Amgarrak DLC….to put it bluntly there is a reason I forgot
Dragon Age Retrospective 2: Origins DLC 1
Hello and welcome back to the Dragon Age Retrospective. Now, Dragon Age Origins has a ton of DLC. So much so, in fact, I’ve decided to make the DLC its own article. I’m not going to be talking about item
Behind the Line: Activision’s Algorithm Patent
If anyone noticed, sorry for the delay. Getting poked in the eye and then Halloween took away some of my usual writing time. In any case, I had intended to be done with Algorithms by now… then Activision’s patent brings
Behind the Line: The problems with “The Algorithm”
I don’t usually want to get political in these pieces, but I was already planning to follow up the last article on this topic, then Twitter just walked right into the target area on their own. So yeah, that’ll come
Behind the Line: Why the Algorithm?
So “the algorithm” has become a topic lately. This is what Steam refers to when talking about trying to direct you to the best games for you, and to bury the garbage. This is what Google talks about when trying
Vega Goose Reviews: Mass Effect Andromeda
Mass Effect Andromeda is not a bad game. It really isn’t, though many would disagree with that. What it is, in fact, is a good idea poorly implemented at the end of the day. I know that seems vague, but
Behind the Line: Depression, and “The Mold”
Depression is a very serious topic, and not one that should be dismissed, and yet some do. Before diving in, I should point out that not long ago I wrote about the hubbub at Google: Behind the Line: Google, and
The Attic: ‘Quadrant’ Game Review
Welcome to The Attic, don’t touch those rocks. One of my favorite little indie horror games that I have played recently is Quadrant. I stumbled upon it one day on Steam, and while I thought it looked like something I
