Lately I've been putting a lot of thought into the relationship between games and stories. I was once heard to remark that "The plot is the single most important thing in a [...] game." I ardently believed this at the time, but in my defense I was like 12 and that ellipsis was filled with the letters Z, Z, and T.

This post, entitled "Ze Story ( Read more... )

I was thinking of Ask MetaFiltering this, but I figured you folks could help me out with less snark. Here's the story.

A few weeks ago I traded my copy of Meteos on Zunafish for Tactics Ogre: Knight of Lodis. The exchange went off hitchless and I was satisfied by the experience. I received the game, plugged it in, got to the title screen, saw ( Read more... )

Ladies and gentlemen! Journey back with me, if you will, to the year 1991. I can't beat Zeromus, and I need your advice. (This is in Final Fantasy IV Advance ( Read more... )

casey bemoaned the lack of Metroid Prime: Hunters testimonials, so here is mine ( Read more... )