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I wrote this in 3 parts over at ThePortableGamer, and I’m reposting it here so put it all together, and maybe get some of your thoughts on the piece and the game, from a more “brainy” perspective. As you’ll see, this is a game I really wanted to play and like. What has your e
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Hi there! Ya miss me? I’ve missed writing here. Here’s the big irony: I haven’t been a “gamer” for very long, and I’m running a network of gaming sites and podcasts. Odd, right? A couple weeks ago, my partner and co-founder of the Games Are Evil and The Portable G
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Its very possible that the meaning I derive from these images is quite different from the meaning others derive, and Im not prepared to accept the idea that this difference is proof of my enlightened social consciousness versus someone elses ignorance or self-delusion. –Michael Abbot, The Brai
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It’s typically hard for me to brag much about myself and my accomplishments. I have accomplished much, and am proud of my achievements, but I really don’t toot my horn too much. Today, though, I have to say that I’m exceptionally proud of what we’ve put together over at The P
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This is something that I only have a few thoughts on, but it’s been brought about by a couple of things. One is a voicemail I left on Jason’s Mental Doodles podcast, the other a meme-like admonishment that I’ve been hearing in the ludodecahedron and the brainy gamer podcast/blog. F
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CorvusE, over at Man Bytes Blog, does a monthly Round Table on Games and Gaming. Here’s what he challenged with for January ‘09: Putting the Game Before the Book: What would your favorite piece of literature look like if it had been created as a game first? In a time when bits of Dante’s Divin
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I’m pretty darn excited to be able to participate in the Vintage Game Club this month. The games being voted on right now are (in no particular order): Chrono Trigger Resident Evil (original) Prince of Persia: Sands of Time Super Mario 64 Beyond Good and Evil Any one of these will be a fun gam
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I write a monthly “editor’s blog” over at GamesAreEvil.com. It’s a news/reviews/features site, and we’re doing our best to only publish stuff that matters, and to keep things this side of the joystick/1up/kotaku line. I hope that my little articles can be a part of keep
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This is a repost of an article I wrote over at Games Are Evil entitled “Critical Thinking and the Chainsaw Gun of Gore,” reprinted with permission of the Author (me) and the Associate Editor (me, again). I’ve been trying for a month now to wrap my head around some unifying structure that
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