Currently browsing author

Tom Dawson

Stereotyping in Assassin’s Creed III

During a recent playthrough of Assassin’s Creed III, I realized how full it is of cultural stereotyping, and began to wonder what it might be saying about my nationality.

Gods & Parasites

I wonder, did anyone sit down to consider their own understanding of God before making From Dust and Black & White?

Batman vs Spider-Man: The Clone Saga

A game which wins the popularity lottery will almost immediately be cannibalized for useful parts. After Arkham Asylum, Amazing Spider-Man made no bones about picking up the bat-ball and running with it.

Bronies, Chaos Marines, and Dirty little Secrets

An idea is hatched, one never raised in sobriety but which finds fertile ground in the alcohol-fogged mind. A plan is made: We were going to play a game of Warhammer.

Sex in Space

There seems to be an issue that goes beyond the simple subject of ridiculous costumes: the fashion in which contemporary games treat the physical act of sex itself.

It’s The Economy (That’s) Stupid

We are all, I’m sure, sick to death of money. Great piles of cash lying all about us, wherever we look. The stuff is everywhere, free for the taking, and often thrust toward us at every opportunity.