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Classic Studies: Super Metroid - Part 2
Super Metroid plays out similarly to Metroid–so similarly, in fact, that intrepid players will instantly recognize certain iconic hallways. A Metroid veteran will know exactly where to find that… more →
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Classic Studies: Super Metroid - Part 2
Mike Betts wrote 6 months ago: Super Metroid plays out similarly to Metroid–so similarly, in fact, that intrepid players will … more →
Building a Game, Not a Message
Mike Betts wrote 7 months ago: “Resident Evil 5 isn’t racist, but there’s more at work here than “Is it or … more →
To Make Us Whole
Mike Betts wrote 8 months ago: Catch my essay on Flower at Spawn Kill this week! Link is here. … more →
Passing Without Honors
Mike Betts wrote 8 months ago: Hello, everyone. You can catch Tuesday’s article at Spawn Kill. Click here for the link! … more →
Prince of Persia and Stockholm Syndrome
Mike Betts wrote 10 months ago: Ideas do not exist in vacuums. It is a principle that holds true for poetry, prose – and video … more →
Storytelling in World of Warcraft: Show Don't Tell
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Mike Betts wrote 11 months ago: Shirotsuno waits next to me as we listen to the Forsaken commander’s explanation. The humans a … more →
Are Game Review Scores Neutering Game Criticism?
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Mike Betts wrote 1 year ago: Newsweek’s Level Up recently featured an article by N’Gai Croal called, “Are Video … more →
To Teach and Delight
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Mike Betts wrote 1 year ago: LittleBigPlanet is, like the beleaguered Spore, a toolset, disguised as a game, that could offer not … more →
The Absence of Context in Spore
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Mike Betts wrote 1 year ago: It is difficult to be critical when talking about a game as earnest as Spore. I expect this is why m … more →
The Self as a Context: Violence as a Nihilism in Hamlet and Watchmen
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Mike Betts wrote 1 year ago: It is probably best to begin an essay about violence – in the context of the self as a conte … more →
Building a Thesis
Mike Betts wrote 1 year ago: Bioshock spoilers ahead. The first chapter of the game pits you against a maniacal plastic surgeon, … more →
Video Game Storytelling: Is It Really a New Medium?
Mike Betts wrote 1 year ago: I will spare you the pretentious exercise of establishing that storytelling is an important social f … more →
Art as Human Expression and Philosophy in Video Games
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Mike Betts wrote 1 year ago: Up there with the console versus PC debate (a topic I’ve promised not to go into… at lea … more →
Inescapable Nihilism
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Mike Betts wrote 1 year ago: (Although I have always intended my blog posts to act in this manner, this may be the first entry wh … more →
Business Models as Game Design: Part II
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Mike Betts wrote 1 year ago: Last time I talked about some of my bigger problems with MMORPGs. Today, I’d like to discuss o … more →
Business Models as Game Design: Part I
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Mike Betts wrote 1 year ago: I’m going to reveal something here, today, right now. I will reveal a long held secret of the … more →
