While 2014 proved to be more of an adjustment period, wherein the industry took a break of sorts from major releases in order to make the shift away from the…
Emily Lee
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If there is one major criticism I’ve had over the GTA franchise, it’s that it lacked a certain sense of centralized direction. While great strides were taken primarily with GTA…
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When considering gun culture and the societal relationship between firearms and specific populations, Japan under its heavily disarmed state has always served as an intriguing comparison point to that of…
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Over the last few weeks I’ve seen the CW’s The 100 mentioned regularly in threads over on 4chan across several boards. The general sentiment has been that it is definitely…
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Video Games
HuniePop: Considering proper context and mechanized dating
by Emily Lee February 12, 2015Note: Some images are NSFW. There is absolutely no question that HuniePop is a pornographic game, it doesn’t really make great strides in hiding its nature but this seemingly hasn’t…
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Despite the overwhelmingly positive reception of To The Moon by both critics and players, it remains a game that is somewhat polarizing in regards to how it utilized the medium.…
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There is likely no other title that has been more exhausting then Dragon Age: Inquisition to play through. While many games especially those more narrative-inclined can prove difficult to step…
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It should come as no surprise that I used to love Final Fantasy. It wouldn’t be much of an exaggeration to state that I likely played through some of the…
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Video Games
The Crew: Thoughts on “Open World” and crafting meaningful World Spaces.
by Emily Lee December 22, 2014Open world games by its most technical definition have been around for quite a while, with the first Ultima releasing way back in 1981. But the notion of open world…
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By all accounts 2015 is already rounding up to be a much more eventful year for gaming then this past year. While 2014 with its somewhat arbitrary jump to “next-gen”…
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While 2014 might have lacked a substantial amount of prominent major releases or those of an exceptional quality, there were still countless titles that proved to be memorable in other…
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When compiling these selections there was no shortage of titles to choose from given the relatively large number of titles that came out this past year. And sure enough for…
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2014 has been somewhat of an interesting year in gaming. While it was eventful in terms of “certain” controversies and the like which I won’t bother to talk about here,…
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Video Games
Assassin’s Creed Unity: On the effect of ditching its metanarrative and the declining appeal of the “Open World”
by Emily Lee December 1, 2014Assassin’s Creed is a somewhat difficult series to properly discuss as it has often contradictorally embodied both sides of the spectrum of what players ultimately want, and what they despise.…