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Mike Rann centered of heated debate

mikerannsex wrote 3 weeks ago: The Premier of South Australia, Mike Rann, is reportedly the center of a heated debate (http://hhaps … more →

Tags: Mike Rann, Richard Phillips, Australian Labor Party, ALP, sa police, Australian Federal Police, Michelle Chantelois, Premier, rex jory

Dragon Age: Prelude13 comments

Simon Ferrari wrote 1 month ago: I finished Dragon Age: Origins last night. I’d told somebody that I would finish it by Sunday, but p … more →

Tags: Miscellany, Dragon Age: Origins, kirk battle

Housekeeping.2 comments

Justin Keverne wrote 2 months ago: Just a quick update to deal with some personal and site related things that I’ve not had a cha … more →

Tags: site specific, Far Cry 2

Short Shrift: Resistance 22 comments

mtvernon wrote 1 year ago: Over the last few weeks, I’ve been woefully disappointed at the lack of coverage Resistance 2 … more →

Tags: Gaming, Sony Playstation 3, Entertainment, Recommendation, Observation, Valve, Half-Life, Valve Corporation, the brainy gamer

Realizing the Promise of Realism

mtvernon wrote 1 year ago: I’ve long been a proponent of highly sylized video games. This probably has much to do with th … more →

Tags: Blogroll, Gaming, Microsoft Xbox 360, Sony Playstation 3, Entertainment, PC, Essay, Nintendo, Activision

Games Blogger's Block1 comment

mtvernon wrote 1 year ago: Ever get the feeling we’re all just saying the same damn thing? … more →

Tags: Blogroll, Gaming, Entertainment, "Constructive" Criticism, Observation, kotaku, the brainy gamer, leigh alexander, Sexy Videogameland

"I Am Jack's Smirking Revenge": Games as Expression and Performance

mtvernon wrote 1 year ago: Play. What is it, exactly? Let’s make this an “according to Webster’s”-style … more →

Tags: Blogroll, Poetry, , Gaming, Entertainment, Essay, Valve, Valve Corporation, ubisoft

Can they dig it? How games are like jazz

Mike wrote 1 year ago: A while ago Michael Abbott wrote about the difficulty he had trying to evangelize Braid to his frien … more →

Tags: braid

Braid's promise, and its broken promises

Mike wrote 1 year ago: More Braid! Hey, when you’re trying to follow critical analysis of games, a title like this … more →

Tags: Tackling Narrative, Reviews Worth a Read, braid, Jonathan Blow, Chris Dahlen, Nuck Suttner, The Onion, 1up, Keith Boesky

"Storytime for the rest of us."2 comments

mtvernon wrote 1 year ago: Lately, many games writers have been striving to define what Brainy Gamer Michael Abbott terms … more →

Tags: Blogroll, Gaming, Microsoft Xbox 360, Libraries, Entertainment, manifesto, 1up, Insult Swordfighting, popmatters

The Brainy Gamer's narrative "manifesto" 4 comments

Mike wrote 1 year ago: Michael Abbott at the Brainy Gamer connected few thoughtful dots recently when he excerpted several … more →

Tags: Something's Different, Tackling Narrative, Narrative, Design


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