About two weeks ago, I finally managed to sit down and play through Bastion, an excellent indie action RPG developed by seven-person studio Supergiant Games that was released in mid-July. It’s an excellent game, and if you haven’t already played it, you should. It’s now available on both Xbox Live …
Happy birthday, Ontological Geek! In honor of our first year (feels weird to say “our” in this context, since I started writing in January), I’m going to turn to that traditional celebratory activity: war. War film has been hugely popular since the beginnings of the medium, and that style has …
See the title! One year ago today, I posted the first post on the Ontological Geek, to an audience of my wife and a few of my friends. Today, I post this anniversarial (not a word) update with a few lessons under my belt and a year’s worth of articles …
The Philosopher-Geek has already written a very good post on the meaningful game, and that might be important to read before you step into this one, because I’m going to investigate two specific traits that he lists in that post. The specific traits I am interested in discussing are: 1. …
I am hesitant to give him the traffic, but I suppose you should watch this video, since that’s what this article is about. It is not really safe for work, though, so do bear that in mind: I generally try not to pick fights here, but the ideas expressed in …