Archive for February, 2011

  • This coming Monday, February 21st, will mark the 25th anniversary of The Legend of Zelda series. My personal journey with the green tunic-ed hero began at the age of 4, when I received a Nintendo Entertainment System (with the obligitory Mario/Duck Hunt pack-in), Final Fantasy and The Legend of Zelda <a href=more »" title="A Legendary 25 Years" />

    A Legendary 25 Years

    This coming Monday, February 21st, will mark the 25th anniversary of The Legend of Zelda series. My personal journey with the green tunic-ed hero began at the age of 4, when I received a Nintendo Entertainment System (with the obligitory Mario/Duck Hunt pack-in), Final Fantasy and The Legend of Zelda more »

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  • Yesterday, this trailer for a game that’s been stuck in development hell for five years, Dead Island, came out of left field, and, putting it mildly, set the entire videogame sphere on fire. Literally. Look out your window towards Redwood City or a little place called Tokyo; you’ll see smoke. <a href=more »" title="The 500 Word Stretch: Dead Island Trailer" />

    The 500 Word Stretch: Dead Island Trailer

    Yesterday, this trailer for a game that’s been stuck in development hell for five years, Dead Island, came out of left field, and, putting it mildly, set the entire videogame sphere on fire. Literally. Look out your window towards Redwood City or a little place called Tokyo; you’ll see smoke. more »

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  • So, it’s now week three of “Dead Space Week” and I still haven’t rolled out the articles I’ve been writing, although Becca’s treatsie on the deeper layers of Dead Space 2 (see article below) is not to be missed. I promise to have my Dead Space ramblings up soon, but <a href=more »" title="Dead Island" />

    Dead Island

    So, it’s now week three of “Dead Space Week” and I still haven’t rolled out the articles I’ve been writing, although Becca’s treatsie on the deeper layers of Dead Space 2 (see article below) is not to be missed. I promise to have my Dead Space ramblings up soon, but more »

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  • So there’s this beautiful thing I teach my college freshmen about every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday called subtext. It’s the cherry nestled under the milk chocolate coating—the golden ticket in the Wonka bar. It’s what a piece of art or a film or book is really about once you do <a href=more »" title="The 500 Word Stretch: Dead Space 2" />

    The 500 Word Stretch: Dead Space 2

    So there’s this beautiful thing I teach my college freshmen about every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday called subtext. It’s the cherry nestled under the milk chocolate coating—the golden ticket in the Wonka bar. It’s what a piece of art or a film or book is really about once you do more »

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