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Gaming at Grandma’s House
Some of my earliest gaming memories involve visits to my grandparents’ house. My grandmother was a gamer. It felt a little strange writing that sentence, but it’s true. My grandmother played games on a bulky old Dell that sat on a crowded little desk. In that same room at my grandparent’s house sat a piano…
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theHunter: Call of the Wild (PS4)
theHunter: Call of the Wild is a hunting simulation game from Avalanche Studios and Expansive Worlds and is one of the most realistic hunting sims I’ve tried.
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2022: My Games of the Year
In terms of gaming, 2022 was like visiting a theme park. I was drawn to some exciting new attractions but also revisited some comforting favorites. Games like Minecraft, Grand Theft Auto V, Back 4 Blood, Planet Zoo, and No Mans Sky offered the familiar and many hours spent both solo and with friends. I also…
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Saints Row (PS5, 2022)
A fun yet limited romp. Saints Row tells a rags-to-riches story within familiar framing–play a boss who, with the help of allies, tackles missions spread throughout a city (Santo Ileso). This third-person action-adventure game will have you shoot up bad guys, complete a decent selection of missions, and even larp (these were among my favorite…
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Inventing Narratives as Gaming Practice
Video games provide space for the imagination When I was a teenager, I played a ton of Rollercoaster Tycoon. I was a theme park manager in charge of a slew of parks. It was my responsibility to keep the books in the green lest the stakeholders got antsy. This required planning for the future, considering…