Blogs about: Game Criticism

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Looking Forward to Rock Band II

icollide wrote 2 days ago: I read in the GameInformer magazine recently that Rock Band II is already deep in development and sl … more »

Tags: Contemplation, Gaming, guitar hero, II, Music, RBII, Rock, rock band, Rock Band II

Guitar Hero Aerosmith Rundown

codemarshank wrote 2 days ago: Overall, I give Guitar Hero: Aerosmith 3.5/5 I love the songs, and the new stage set up is sweet, bu … more »

Tags: Gaming, guitar hero, GHIII, GH3, Aerosmith

Reviews

Dan wrote 1 week ago: I’m still here.  I didn’t really go anywhere, it’s just I don’t bother to p … more »

Tags: Uncategorized

The Problem with World of Warcraft5 comments

mikebbetts wrote 2 weeks ago: I apologize for the missing posts. My best friend got married, and I decided to take a week off. I … more »

Tags: Video Games, Age of Conan, arena, blizzard, End Game, Everquest, MMO, MMORPG, PvP

On Being Gross9 comments

savetherobot wrote 4 months ago: So, Zero Punctuation. It’s a hit. And I’m not jealous. Really. Why would I be? Bec … more »

Tags: Games

Gus Mastrapa's New Gig: GameDaily Media Critic1 comment

savetherobot wrote 4 months ago: My Paste and Onion collegue Gus Mastrapa has a new gig, writing the weekly media criticism column a … more »

Tags: Games, writing

Death doesn't mean try again1 comment

Dan wrote 4 months ago: I referred to mechanics that work against their flavor. One on my mind: Players view player death a … more »

Tags: Game design

Wait, So Now I'm a White Guy Shooting Brown People? Identity and Race in Gaming

Nav wrote 4 months ago: Sometime in the early nineties - at about the time I was moving from Tone Loc and Public Enemy to So … more »

Tags: Game Theory, Race, identity, Uncharted: Drake's Fortune, Ludology, Avatar

Can Game Critics Cheat?11 comments

savetherobot wrote 5 months ago: For my next AV Club review, I’ve been playing The Wonderful End of the World, a buzzed-about … more »

Tags: Games

Critical Gaming

Dan wrote 6 months ago: I’ve been talking to and reading articles about parents who are complaining about gaming to mu … more »

Tags: Parenting

The Wii, Russian Formalism and What Makes Video Games 'Games'.3 comments

Nav wrote 7 months ago: Man, that is an exciting title! Okay - I have long had a fascination with interfaces. To me, the in … more »

Tags: Game Theory, Interface, Interfaces, literature and gaming., Roman Jaksobson, Russian Formalist, wii sports, Wii Tenni

Gerstmann-gate: Outrage For All the Wrong Reasons

Nav wrote 7 months ago: Over the past few years, one of the more pernicious trends in advertising has been the tendency to a … more »

Tags: capitalism, False Activism, Games Reviews, Gerstmann-gate, Jeff Gerstmann

My Thoughts on MapleStory

codemarshank wrote 10 months ago: MapleStory is a Massively Multiplayer Online Game developed by Wizet, a branch of Nexon. It is a ga … more »


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