Games & Gaming Culture

Games & Gaming Culture: Next Gen Knowledge

We dive into what information and details have been revealed so far about the upcoming next generation consoles as they gear up to launch later this year.

Games & Gaming Culture: Forgotten/Hidden Gems

Following a vague precious stone-related theme this week, TLS offers up a selection of videogames from both recent and days gone by, that we feel are often over-looked or neglected.

Games & Gaming Culture: Dark Souls and Co.

TLS delve into the aspects of the From Software games and their ilk, deciding what the appealing factors are as well as what the definition of ‘Souls-likes’ could/should be.

Games & Gaming Culture: Plagues in Video Games

TLS takes the opportunity (in these uncertain times) to discuss and highlight some of the games that feature plagues, pandemics, and viruses as narrative focus points and/or core mechanics as well as conjecture on how the current climate might affect future development of such titles.

Games & Gaming Culture: Final Fantasy VII Remake

One of the so-called greatest games of all time’s long-awaited remake released recently, and TLS equips the critic materia to discuss it.

Games & Gaming Culture: Mobile Games

Lean back and let TLS lend you a hand as we discuss and debate the facets of mobile games, both positive and negative.

Games & Gaming Culture: Delays

We look at the recent rash of game delays and then discuss what it may mean for the medium overall.

Games & Gaming Culture: Top Games of 2019

In our grand tradition in our secure studio bastion, we list off the best, worst, decent, and somewhere-in-between games of last year. Also check out Scott’s list at a glance and impressions of more 2019 titles.

Interview with Juli Bierwirth & Adrian Kerrihard, creators of Mantis Falls

Steve and Scott have a discussion with Juli and Adrian of Distant Rabbit Games about their upcoming tabletop game, Mantis Falls, and the process of creating it from initial idea and vision to realizing the final form.

Distant Rabbit Games is a small tabletop game publisher located in Athens, GA specializing in semi-cooperative social deduction games. Distant Rabbit is co-owned by Adrian Kerrihard (game designer) and Juli Bierwirth (illustrator). Together they build games aimed at squeezing deep strategy, world immersion, and player psychology into small, minimally wasteful packages. In collaboration with myclimate.org every Distant Rabbit game is carbon neutral.

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Games & Gaming Culture: Beyond The Nietzschean Gameplay of the Resident Evil 2 Remake

Taking a starting point from this video/essay on the RE2 Remake, TLS delves into some of the (possible) connections between Nietzsche’s idea of the ubermensch, and the systems/mechanics within the game.