Accessibility, The Article

Game Design Blog #5 Control is one of the best third person shooters to come out of last year— so much so that it nearly won game of the year twice. However, the most impressive aspect of Control isn't its flow, narrative, consistent and fun to use controls (bah dum tiss), but rather the options it has for … Continue reading Accessibility, The Article →

The Inevitable Fighting Games Post (complete with some minor hot takes)

Game Blog Post #4 At every point, someone will have played a fighting game and thought something along the lines of "oh, that really shouldn't work that way." Balancing and animating fighting games is a tricky prospect for most people (unless you're ArcSys, for some reason— they have a catalog of very good anime fighting … Continue reading The Inevitable Fighting Games Post (complete with some minor hot takes) →

The itch.io Study Pt.1 (Karlson & Blake McKinnon Prod.)

In my recent exploring of itch.io (something that I personally had written off as a site for sharing half-baked, hardly started projects— a sentiment I regret ever having heavily now), I found a few games that have interesting mechanics or premises that I wanna talk about. Firstly, one of my favorite games of the bunch: … Continue reading The itch.io Study Pt.1 (Karlson & Blake McKinnon Prod.) →

Open Worlds: Cowboys, Gangbangers, and Conspiracy Theory.

GAME 420 Blog Post #2: Open Worlds: Cowboys, Gangbangers, and Conspiracy Theory. Through the years there have been many different examples of open world titles in the gaming sphere— Rockstar's Grand Theft Auto and Red Dead Redemption series, Hello Games' No Man's Sky, Ubisoft's FarCry series, and Interplay/Bethesda's Fallout series to name a few. However, the utilization and population … Continue reading Open Worlds: Cowboys, Gangbangers, and Conspiracy Theory. →

Fallen Order’s Narrative & Gameplay Problems: Jedi Can’t Dance

GAME 420 Blog Post #1: One key factor within the Star Wars universe is the ultra-powerful, god-like Force users. They are attuned to a naturally occurring power that grants them enhanced power, agility, and other abilities. Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order has a narrative surrounding Jedi Padawan Cal Kestis following the events of Order 66. … Continue reading Fallen Order’s Narrative & Gameplay Problems: Jedi Can’t Dance →