Category: Games
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Adventure as textual exploration
This article was originally written on October 13, 2005 for The Next Quarter gaming blog. It has been unmodified except for the addition of images. This week brings the release of one of my more personally anticipated games, Gyakuten Saiban: Yomigaeru Gyakuten or otherwise known to Americans as Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney. To get the…
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Unpacking the game
As a kid I was incredibly anal about handling the packaging my games came in. Growing up before there were CD/DVD cases most games — in particular anything for a Nintendo system — were packaged in relatively flimsy cardboard boxes. I took great pains to carefully remove the tape sealing the box; making sure to…
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A start
Because even the grandest of journeys start with a single step. In a few days I’ll get around to a proper About Me post, but first things first. The last thing the world needs is another blog. Especially another blog where the author gets to pontificate for a few weeks or months, gets bored after…