This week’s review is on an article written by Gregory Weir titled “Opinion: Grim Fandango and Diegesis in Games”. Gregory Weir is heavily involved in the gaming community, he is a programmer, software developer and a writer. He also runs a podcast and a blog page where he discusses art…

This week’s blog post is a little different. I will be listening to a Podcast series called “Devs Play” (2015) on YouTube and discussing its major points. …

In this week’s blog I will be discussing the change in gaming culture in recent years. Gaming culture has drastically changed in the past decade, its gone from a niche hobby to a global market worth billions of dollars. We have seen a shift in players, the average age of…

The Pokémon media company is the highest grossing entertainment franchise in the history of the world. Their video game series alone has sold over three hundred million units since its origin, the company has pioneered the gaming industry and has continued to stay relevant for just over two decades. For…

The article I will be reviewing this week was written by Dia Lacina titled “What We Talk About, When We Don’t Talk About Natives”. In Dia’s article she raises the issue that video game companies depict native Americans in a negative connotation, in a manner which is racist and discriminatory…

To start off this week’s blog post I want to describe subjectivity and its current state in game reviews. Subjectivity is universally viewed as making critiques or decision based off your past experiences. …

Does Ludonarrative Dissonance hold a place in criticism? Ludonarrative dissonance is described as a wrongful engagement between a video games gameplay and its narrative. It’s where the fundamental gameplay doesn’t have the same emotion context as the narrative. For example, in The Legend of Zelda: Breath of The Wild the…

This week in my blog I will be discussing how prejudicial views can effect a game developer’s intentions and ruin gaming experiences for others. Adherents distain towards empowerment An article highlighted by Critical Distance shows how the empowerment of others highlights the detrimental intentions of others. “The article titled Creatives…

Anylysing Reviews on Battlefield Hardline and the current state of gaming journalism By Benjamin Powell For my first blog post I’ll be reviewing two articles in relation to a game that was released in March of 2015, Battlefield Hardline. Current affairs in gamer reviews Marc Price’s recent review of Battlefield…