Category Archives: Video games

Games you’ve never played – Tobal No. 1

If every fighting game in the entire world were at a dance club together (well, I suppose we should start with imagining every fighting game in the world is a person and they are all attending a dance together . … Continue reading

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Final Fantasy Tactics All-Star Team

It’s a debate that my friends and I have more frequently than we probably should: what is the perfect team for Final Fantasy Tactics?

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Video Games and Composition

Yesterday, in my composition class, my group presented an article titled “Gaming, Student Literacies and the Composition Classroom” by Jonathan Alexander. The article discusses literacies and skills gained from playing MMORPGs and how these skills can work in a classroom … Continue reading

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Games you’ve never played – Destrega

Fighting games are all the same and have been for some time. Two people stand across from one another on a 2-d plane and complex special moves are created by rolling the joystick and pressing a combination of buttons. It’s a formula … Continue reading

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Guest column – L4D DLC Review

Mason McDaniel is back with a review for L4D DLC! Enjoy! Valve has been releasing a series of online comics detailing how and why you lose a main member of your party in Left 4 Dead 1 at their website … Continue reading

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Missing the 90’s – Side-scrolling beat ’em ups and social gaming

Social gaming has changed much in 20 years. Some would use the word “evolved” instead of “changed” as if the way we game has somehow improved over time, and while there have been many technological advances to take social gaming global, … Continue reading

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