Logan TaylorFriction and Drag: Why You Stop Playing Games You Think You Should LikeWhen 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…3d ago3d ago
Logan TaylorConfronting the Unknowable: Cultist Simulator and the Cosmic Horror of Board GamesWhat’s the biggest board game you’ve ever played?Jul 18Jul 18
Logan TaylorThe Two Astels: Elden Ring and the Narrative Language of DoublingThis article contains major spoilers for Elden RingJul 11Jul 11
Logan TaylorSubnautica, Terror, and Dealing with my Fear of Things Under WaterI love all things horror. Films, books, videogames, podcasts, anything that has a chance of disrupting my sleep at night, I’m there. And…Jul 3Jul 3
Logan TaylorLudonarrative Dissonance; or, Why I Almost Never Do All of the Side Content in Games AnymoreWhen 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 29May 29
Logan TaylorAnimal Well is a Perfect MetroidVania: A Screen-by-Screen BreakdownI 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 15May 15
Logan TaylorA Deeper Kind of Realism: Human Relationship in The Friends of Ringo IshikawaThe Friends of Ringo Ishikawa is a strange game. It was developed by a young Russian man and his father, who learned pixel art…May 1May 1
Logan TaylorSong of Sword and Fist: Sifu, Sekiro, and the Anatomy of a Perfect ParryI 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 24Apr 24
Logan Taylor“If it’s hostile, you kill it”: Philosophies of Nonviolence in Metro ExodusWarning: This article contains spoilers for Metro ExodusApr 17Apr 17
Logan TaylorWhen Better is Actually Worse: The Curious Case of Until Dawn and The QuarryIt’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 10Apr 10