Dear Esther may not be every gamer’s cup of tea as it is devoid of the ordinary mechanics consumers have come to expect. Instead, this first-person narrative bridges the art of experimental storytelling to the world of video games.
Thea compares the state of modern gaming to Anthony Trollope’s The Way We Live Now. Can she successfully link the world of gaming to a satirical Victorian novel? Probably not, but she sure tries.
Nostalgia hits when Wizard’s of the Coast announces a new edition of the grandfather of modern gaming: Dungeons & Dragons. Thea takes a moment to reflect on the future of tabletop gaming.
At a time when friends-lists everywhere are filled with end-of-the year memes and resolutions, Thea takes a few moments to look back at five games that defined her gaming experience in 2011.
Just in time for the holiday season, Squares makes a timely announcement that Doublesix’s newest co-operative shooter All Zombie’s Must Die! will grace the PlayStation Network on December 27, 2011 and Xbox Live Arcade on December 28, 2011.
November 23, 2011 marks the seventh anniversary of World of Warcraft. Thea takes a moment to look back at the last seven years and muse about Blizzard’s monumentally successful MMORPG.