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Logan Taylor

Logan Taylor

Friction and Drag: Why You Stop Playing Games You Think You Should Like

When I was in elementary school, our playground featured a slide that became infamous. It was wide and not very long and made of some sort…

1d ago

Friction and Drag: Why You Stop Playing Games You Think You Should Like

1d ago

Logan Taylor

Confronting the Unknowable: Cultist Simulator and the Cosmic Horror of Board Games

What’s the biggest board game you’ve ever played?

Jul 18

Confronting the Unknowable: Cultist Simulator and the Cosmic Horror of Board Games

Jul 18

Logan Taylor

The Two Astels: Elden Ring and the Narrative Language of Doubling

This article contains major spoilers for Elden Ring

Jul 11

The Two Astels: Elden Ring and the Narrative Language of Doubling

Jul 11

Logan Taylor

Subnautica, Terror, and Dealing with my Fear of Things Under Water

I love all things horror. Films, books, videogames, podcasts, anything that has a chance of disrupting my sleep at night, I’m there. And…

Jul 3

Subnautica, Terror, and Dealing with my Fear of Things Under Water

Jul 3

Logan Taylor

Ludonarrative Dissonance; or, Why I Almost Never Do All of the Side Content in Games Anymore

When I was a teenager, my favorite game was Final Fantasy XII for the PS2. The best parts of the game are the monster hunts, where an NPC…

May 29

Ludonarrative Dissonance; or, Why I Almost Never Do All of the Side Content in Games Anymore

May 29

Logan Taylor

Animal Well is a Perfect MetroidVania: A Screen-by-Screen Breakdown

I don’t have memories of learning how to beat Super Metroid. My older brothers played the game in front of me so much, even when I was too…

May 15

Animal Well is a Perfect MetroidVania: A Screen-by-Screen Breakdown

May 15

Logan Taylor

A Deeper Kind of Realism: Human Relationship in The Friends of Ringo Ishikawa

The Friends of Ringo Ishikawa is a strange game. It was developed by a young Russian man and his father, who learned pixel art…

May 1

A Deeper Kind of Realism: Human Relationship in The Friends of Ringo Ishikawa

May 1

Logan Taylor

Song of Sword and Fist: Sifu, Sekiro, and the Anatomy of a Perfect Parry

I have a terrible ear for music. Despite playing the violin more than a decade throughout school, I could never tell if the notes I was…

Apr 24

Song of Sword and Fist: Sifu, Sekiro, and the Anatomy of a Perfect Parry

Apr 24

Logan Taylor

“If it’s hostile, you kill it”: Philosophies of Nonviolence in Metro Exodus

Warning: This article contains spoilers for Metro Exodus

Apr 17

“If it’s hostile, you kill it”: Philosophies of Nonviolence in Metro Exodus

Apr 17

Logan Taylor

When Better is Actually Worse: The Curious Case of Until Dawn and The Quarry

It’s popular in music criticism to accuse certain bands of sounding the same on all of their albums. I’ve heard this criticism levied at…

Apr 10

When Better is Actually Worse: The Curious Case of Until Dawn and The Quarry

Apr 10

Logan Taylor

Logan Taylor

Writer and teacher working in Indianapolis. Spends most of his time teaching about Kurt Vonnegut and arguing for the cultural value of video games.

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