For me, Rocket League's loading screen has been an opportunity to grab another sip of my beer, lament the previous game's failures, and think about a few things.
Posts By: Jim Ralph
1 In this novel set in 17th century Holland, symbols and miniatures abound, but do they gesture at an underlying magical reality?
I Just Finished… The Miniaturist by Jessie Burton
17 It began with a simple question: "Is Kratos black?"
Is Kratos Black?
2 There’s a recurring section of Assassin’s Creed IV that makes me uncomfortable: taking forts.
Quiet Time
Call of Juarez: Gunslinger may in fact be doing something much more complex with its narrative than I at first gave it credit for.
Telling Tales
I am taking part in Movember, a movement that sees men around the world sporting fabulous moustaches throughout November in support of men's health charities!
Movember
There’s something almost hypnotic about the way modern, advanced militaries teach individuals to coordinate their activity: moving in tandem, focusing on angles, timing shots and reloads with a beautiful synchronicity.
Do The XCOM
This is a letter from God to man.
Hey there, how's it going?
Long time no see.
Gods in the Machine
Through their opposition to that which is normal and comfortable, zombies in The Walking Dead are a comment on just that.
And You Will Know Us By The Trail Of Undead
What Arkane managed to create in Dunwall is a city-state that parses correctly. From there, we can shine a light on how our own communities work.
Dishonored Inside and Out
1 The Uncharted series is primarily an ongoing narrative of the disruption of powerful forces by a comedic but determined underdog.
Nathan Drake’s Carnivalesque Tendencies
12 Spec Ops' driving force appears to be the capture and manipulation of expectations, closely followed by the shoving of said expectations where the sun shineth not. Or, at least, so I’m told. I haven’t played it.