Year: 2017

2017 Summer Games Drought Wrap Up

It’s the heart of summer, the time when traditionally as the temperature rises, so does my desire to cloister myself away in a cold room playing games, while conversely the number of major releases trickles and dries up to match the scorched earth outside. So, in that spirit I’m going to cover a handful of titles that I’ve been playing since this effect kicked in and give my overall impressions etc. of them. [Slight spoilers ahead]

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Apocalypse, Now What? Romero and the Music of the Dead

George A. Romero’s “Night of the Living Dead” is incomparable. It is the quintessential zombie film that set the standard and most of the rules for every zombie film that followed**. For me, however, George A. Romero’s masterwork was his 1978 film, “Dawn of the Dead.” 

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Syntax Error: Game Narrative vs. Gameplay

SE sits down to look at the dichotomy between a game’s story and its mechanics, framed through an article by Thomas Grip, and how best to utilize/reconcile the two into a coherent experience.

Literature: The Jaunt by Stephen King

Join the Lost Signals crew in a raucous conversation on Stephen King’s The Jaunt and miscellaneous literary topics.

Bon MOTS: Spider-Man: Homecoming

The Lost Signals reviews a new teenage angst-comedy that follows an awkward young man with father issues as he navigates school, responsibilities, and finding a date to the homecoming dance.