I’m really not one for confessionals. The detached, passive, “academic” voice that I tend to use when I write is a result of, in part, years of schooling, but mainly the result of a fear of being exposed. It’s a great deal easier to reconcile one’s opinions with an imaginary narrator than with oneself, particularly … [Read more…]
A test case or two will often arise concerning the role that social mores play in the development of games in terms of their narratives and their mechanics: as an industry, we are at once rape apologists and corrupting the youth with imagery normalising the consumption of magic mushrooms. As the medium progresses and continues … [Read more…]
I’m an avid reader of Edge, so it is inevitable that I have read many things written by Leigh Alexander, and a common theme emerges with an overview taken of her work for Edge: the importance she believes nostalgia to play in the actions of game journalists, developers and the community at large. As much … [Read more…]