Stephen WinsonRevisiting Icewind DaleI’m old enough to remember when the first Icewind Dale came out. I still have the discs, if not the original packaging, sitting in a…Nov 9, 2019Nov 9, 2019
Stephen WinsonEA/Bioware’s Anthem: Some ThoughtsI’ve read a lot of reviews and reviews-in-progress of Bioware’s…I think it’s safe to call it “troubled” at this point…new game Anthem in…Feb 26, 2019Feb 26, 2019
Stephen WinsonLudo-economic Dissonance: A discussion of money, taxes, and narrative in video gamesNote: I started this article more than two years ago as a submission for Zoyander Street and Silverstring Media’s Memory Insufficient…Feb 22, 2019Feb 22, 2019
Stephen WinsonFear and Loathing in the White House ‘17I didn’t expect to have finished Michael Wolff’s Fire and Fury: Inside the Trump White House. At least not within 24 hours of its…Jan 6, 20181Jan 6, 20181
Stephen WinsonHas Disney Decided Lockboxes = Gambling?The news that EA has summarily suspended (the horribly misnamed) microtransactions for Star Wars: Battlefront II has been a thunderclap in…Nov 17, 2017Nov 17, 2017
Stephen WinsonGoodbye my friend.I lost a friend last night, to a heart attack or stroke, I’m not sure which. That friend was my cat, Ozzie. I’ve spent most of the last 15…Sep 4, 2017Sep 4, 2017
Stephen WinsonWhere’s the rally? We’re the damn rally, you Nazi pigs.Writing this down as a bit of reporting of what I saw from the rally. Went there with my dad and stepmom. Got on at Broadway station which…Aug 19, 2017Aug 19, 2017
Stephen WinsonCovfefe, a song for our time(pronounced as cohv-feh-fee) Sung to the tune of Let It Be, by the BeatlesJun 6, 2017Jun 6, 2017
Stephen WinsonMass Effect: Andromeda is a half-baked messMass Effect: Andromeda is a mess. A mess that, if you want my opinion, you shouldn’t buy or play until Bioware releases the inevitable…Apr 20, 2017Apr 20, 2017
Stephen WinsonThe Long DarkIt is with no small amount of irony that to escape from the exceedingly depressing drumbeat of the Trump administration I have turned to a…Apr 16, 2017Apr 16, 2017