Recent posts tagged video games

---

2021

---

More Than This

One of the things Buddhism tries to get you to recognize within yourself is how all the things you are aren't "you".

2020

---

Thinking Inside The (X)Box

The latest toy in the house: an XBOX S.

Things And Stuff, 2020-03-07 Edition

Just a quick note about what's new in Chez Genji (writing, programming projects, etc.)

Xtaloid: My New Game

I guess this means I can add "game developer" to the rack of hats I wear?

2019

---

Now Gaming In A Theater Near You

On Netflix's Black Mirror: Bandersnatch and interactive fiction as a video platform of the future.

2016

---

Cynthia's Blues Dept.

Can in time a comic book stand in the same realm as anything Henry James produced? I'm sure it's possible; I'd argue it's already happened.

All The Wrong Lessons Dept.

Why bad video game lore is a lot like bad pop culture: it embodies the wrong lessons.

2014

---

Computive Creating Dept.

On how good writing about computing and video games has been with us since the 1980s.

2013

---

This, That, The Other Dept.

A new site opens up under my provenance; video games make a comeback in my life; and I ponder the future of my publishing system.

Bleep Bleep Bleep Dept.

An early '80s PC flashback: me and my ZX-81.

We're Only In It For The Chicks And The Dough Dept.

Why ''Grand Theft Auto'' isn't likely to be a movie anytime soon: integrity. What? Yes.

Waves of the Future Dept.

If SF is "the literature of the future", shouldn't we be using the media of the future to deliver it?

2012

---

So Little Time, So Much To Do Dept.

More choices in entertainment means more competition, all against all.

2010

---

The Game And I Dept.

I've got this strange relationship with video games. I feel obliged to know about them, in the same way that a guy will educate himself about (e.g.) baseball so he doesn't feel left out when conversations start at the water...

Thump Thump Thump Pew Pew Pew Dept.

Q: How desperate for ideas, how creatively bankrupt, how cowardly does Hollywood have to be to option the video game Space Invaders as a feature film, and do so with a completely straight face? A: Very. Someone in the comments...

---

See other video games posts for 2010