Gaming

The Monster at the End of Capitalism

Thanks so much for reading and for listening as I really take this project in new directions! Today we’re covering the final bits of the deeply productive Night in the Woods. Fair warning: there are some spoilers. That said, if you do go forward, I won’t ruin…

Spec Ops: The Line and Hotline Miami

((So this installment of VideoDrone starts with two things I didn’t expect I’d ever write in a…

Dark Souls

Hey welcome to a bonus VideoDrone. While a lot of my videogame playing has been filtered into this project (thankfully, actually), I still get time to play stuff just to play it. And so, when I finish these games, if they have any relevance to the project here, I’ll write up a quick account of why.

Control Nostalgia

ED NOTE: First published July 27, 2016

So first, an apology: I realize this VideoDrone is very late, and I’m sorry for that. Part of the delay is simply that these two games — particularly Starseed Pilgrim — required a pretty hefty time requirement, and the video…

Why Ikaruga Matters As Art As Never Before

As a brief aside to start off, I think it’s only fair to tell you all that I’m no longer very good at Ikaruga.

There was probably a time where I was passable at Ikaruga, when I’d play at least an hour or two a day, training my…

Art Games on Tour

I went on vacation last week and I was pretty sure I’d have to suspend VideoDrone coverage through til next week, which bummed me out. Luckily I had the bright idea to look into apps on my phone to see if there was anything there that might serve. And lo and behold, I discovered that the Apple…

KHOLAT

So, fortunately for you, I won’t be doing the all-caps spelling of KHOLAT all article long. Just for the sake of reference, the game is officially KHOLAT not, as I will be spelling it, Kholat. Cool? Cool.

Kholat is a first person horror game that can’t properly be called a “survival”…

868-Hack, Uplink, Hacking, and You

(Hi! Sorry for the lateness of this piece, but I hope it’s worth it. Due to odd screenshot glitches in both games, these are fair-use-esque grabs from GIS; if you’d like them taken down, just contact me and I’ll be happy to.

Undertale

It’s an intimidating thing to write about Undertale. That’s an opening line I feel like I’ve used before, and if I have, I regret using it…