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Playing Feminist (fun!)

In Feminist Challenge 2k18, self-proclaimed "friendly neighborhood feminist" Lydia sends out a series of challenges once a week over the...

Survival Horror (Resident Evil 7)

I didn't play Resident Evil 7. I watched a YouTuber play it (ChristopherOdd, who was fantastic). I heard great things about the Resident...

Depression Quest

Zoe Quinn, Patrick Lindsey, and Isaac Schankler made a piece of interactive fiction in 2013 called Depression Quest. Let's put a pin in...

Portal/Portal 2

So, like I said on the Top 10 page, Portal was the first game I ever played that took my breath away with its narrative. The idea is,...

Mario (1981–)

Mario is (all apologies to Zelda, whose time is coming) the quintessential video game. If you ask a random American who doesn't play many...

Tomb Raider (2015)

I missed the Tomb Raider phenomenon (well, avoided it) and so missed Lara Croft, from her first release in 1996 with pyramidical breasts,...

"Strafing" means stepping sideways rather than forward or backwards, usually in the context of a FPS. By hiding behind a barrier and then strafing while shooting, you can come out guns blazing and not lose time walking out, turning, and firing. Save time, don't die, strafe strafe strafe.

Strafe Strafe Strafe

Thoughts on Games

Melissa Kagen

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