Scripta Ludica

A Dystopia of Grinding: How Cart Life and Diary of A Spaceport Janitor Subvert Video Games’ Love of Capitalism

Dys4ia: A Game Analysis

(This piece was originally written in January 2017)

INTRODUCTION

Personal Styles and Inner Meanings: Applying Auteur Theory to Video Games

Kiss Me, Touch Me, Make Me Blush: Conveying sex through gameplay in Luxuria Superbia

(This piece was originally written in the April of 2015)

In the last couple of decades, the framing and representation of sexual themes in the video games has…

Level Design: Kid Icarus

I have been playing some games lately and I have noticed that a lot of observations I tend to do on aspects like…

Darkest Dungeon

Set in a fantasy rendition of the Lovecraftian mythos, Darkest Dungeon is yet another Kickstarter game to finally hit Steam in its…

[Review] The Evil Within

Shinji Mikami’s directorial path in the last couple of decades has been an interesting one. What most people…

Dinner Date: Subverting The Tropes of Mainstream Videogame Interaction

On Windosill

This is an essay I wrote a couple of years ago for the Game Design course I’m attending at Brunel University.