Video Games

At length discussions of topics in video games.

Games & Gaming Culture: Exclusives

Join the “cool” section of video games, where exclusivity reigns. But is that a good thing? TLS discusses the nature of exclusive content/titles.

Games & Gaming Culture: Roguelikes/Roguelites

Delve into an ever-changing dungeon with us, as we breakdown and discuss the various facets of the roguelike and roguelite genres.

Games & Gaming Culture: Parental Protagonists

TLS looks into the practice of having parents and/or parental figures featured prominently as central characters/themes in videogames.

Games & Gaming Culture: Retro Style Games

Retro style games, it’s a new craze amongst gamers. But is it simply an innocent pastime or is it a cynical ploy by greedy developers to prey upon your man child’s nostalgia? TLS investigates.

Games & Gaming Culture: Microtransactions

Pony up with the TLS crew as they take aim at the practice of including microtransactions and their ilk in games.

Games & Gaming Culture: E3 2018

TLS discusses 2018’s E3 conference, as always, in their own unique manner.

Games & Gaming Culture: Co-Op Games

TLS tries not to punch each other in the face, either inadvertently or purposefully, in a discussion of co-op games.

Games & Gaming Culture: The “C” Word (Collectibles)

We delve into a thorny topic: That of the inclusion of collectibes in video games, discussing what to do, and what defintiely not to do with them.

 

Games & Gaming Culture: GTFO: Get the F&#% Out (2015 documentary)

We discuss one of the more unpleasant sides of Games & Gaming Culture, filtered through the experiences, treatment of, and testimonies from women in the video game community via the 2015 documentary, GTFO: Get the F&#% Out.

Guest Starring Beth Morgan.

 

Games & Gaming Culture: Ara Shirinian on the “grammar of games”

Games & Gaming Culture brings back one of our favorite guests, game designer Ara Shirinian, to explore the idea of the “grammar of games” with us. Which of course we end up applying to life at large.