Video games are becoming a more apparent part of our culture every day; it used to be that society viewed gamers as overweight guys who still lived in their parents’ basements. Now, we know that gamers come in all shapes, sizes, genders, and ethnicities, but there is still a large part of society that doesn’t [...]
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Multiple Medias Never Hurt; How Hawken Utilizes Graphic Novels to Push their Game Further
May 18th, 2013 
Nicole Marie 
The Monster Within: Papo & Yo As A Meaningful Experience
May 8th, 2013 dr. b. So Papo & Yo (Minority Media, 2012) is a game that I have been interested in playing for a while. When the indie title appeared on PS3 about a year ago I did a bit of research to see what other folks were saying about the title. I was simultaneously intrigued and disturbed. If you [...]
Posted in PC, PS3, Uncategorized 
Tags: children, cultural critique, Culture, diversity, Education, serious games 
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Bioshock Infinite, Pushing the Boundaries of a Female Character?
May 3rd, 2013 Nicole Marie By now you’ve played through at least some of Bioshock Infinite, I mean c’mon it’s amazing, and you’ve probably read some articles on how everyone is praising the main female character, Elizabeth, as having been one of the most amazing A.I. companions in video game history. Some people have even gone so far to say [...]
Posted in Miscellany, PC, PS3, Uncategorized Tags: bioshock, bioshock infinite, elizabeth, female characters 9 Comments »
Analysis of Blizzard Inc. Employee Code of Conduct
April 1st, 2013 alexlayne This is a visualization based on word frequency. It has not been adjusted in any way. For my diss, I am using a two-pronged approach for analyzing gaming industry company policy. The first is a hermenuetic analysis and the second is a visual analysis. Using various methods of data visualization and postmodern mapping, visualizing company [...]
When Games Become a Part of Reality
November 2nd, 2012 Nicole Marie As technology advances, video game developers are able to portray realism in their games much more accurately: graphics make video games look like movies, AIs interact with characters at an uncanny level, and the stories can hit closer to home than ever before. Still, some people will always look at video games as unrealistic and [...]
Stop Blaming the Games
October 29th, 2012 Nicole Marie As a GameStop employee I have to be extremely aware of the ESRB Rating system and what each rating means. Employees are required to test on the rating system before they can begin their employment and are trained to take the ratings very seriously. Every time a M (mature) rated game is entered into the [...]
Halo 4 and the Bombshell A.I.
October 21st, 2012 Nicole Marie Halo 4 is releasing in just over two weeks and we’ll be seeing the return of our favorite hero, Master Chief and his A.I. sidekick Cortana. We’ll also see a few changes to the game as a new enemy emerges and the reliable Cortana seems to be losing her mind. AI’s in this world have [...]
Posted in 360, Miscellany, PC, Uncategorized, Windows Tags: halo, halo 4, sexuality, sexualized characters, women Comments Off
Resident Evil: 6, Another Capcom Failure
October 8th, 2012 Nicole Marie This past Tuesday (Oct. 2) marked the release of the much anticipated Resident Evil: 6 and the internet was immediately flooded with reviews claiming RE:6 to be the worst in the series yet. One review on Destructoid by Jim Sterling even said, “If any consistently good thing can be said of Resident Evil 6, it’s that [...]
Posted in 360, Miscellany, PC, PS3, Uncategorized Tags: Capcom, game review, Resident Evil, reviews Comments Off
Are Video Games Art? A Vlog
October 1st, 2012 alexlayne The following video asks the question of whether or not video games are art. Enjoy! Games featured: Journey, Bastion, Braid, Sword and Sorcery, Limbo and The Misadventures of PB Winterbottom.
Posted in 360, Games and Education, Games and Rhetoric, Miscellany, PC, PS3 Tags: art, vlog 2 Comments »
We Don’t Need No ‘Girlfriend Mode’
September 26th, 2012 Nicole Marie With the release of Borderlands 2 last week I found myself trying to figure out how I was going to play my favorite split-screen co-op without having a reliable internet connection due to my recent move back home. I quickly recruited my younger sister to play the game with me despite her inexperience playing video [...]
