Immersion is that quality of a video game whose presence makes one feel as though present in the virtual world presented on the screen. It's not breaking the fourth wall so much as making you forget there ever was one. To paraphrase Yatzhee, low immersion won't necessarily ruin a good game, but high immersion can save an otherwise bad one. A high ( Read more... )

Similar to my semi-annual Movie Agenda, I've decided to post here a list of video games that I intend to play within the remaining portion of this calendar year. This list is a little more broad, however, spanning the mists of time from games released years ago that I simply haven't played yet to upcoming releases. Feel free to jeer at me for being ( Read more... )