The narrative breakdown is excellent, one of the better summations I've read. I even learned a new term today peripetie and I've read quite a bit on cinema. I have to agree that the arcade comparison is a little forced... the time when games moved to a quest model where ...
Today I played Frontierville and went to visit a neighbor's frontier town. They had a horseshoe pit, which you play by spending real money horseshoes. Every time you throw a horseshoe, it moves a little range finder over increasingly desireable items. If you are lucky enough and spend enough horseshoes ...
Well put. You really hit the nail on the head on why I never could get behind D D: Tiny Adventures. As I keep playing Frontierville I figure I'll give it 11 days and do a follow-up post , the slots/casino comparison becomes even more apparent. Beyond the items spilling ...
After having played the game, it is true that placing buildings is like Starcraft II, and indeed the animations have a lot more polish, but underneath all of this is the exact same basic game that everyone keeps reskinning with a different theme. They've copied Zynga down to the requirement ...
One of the things I really like about Cow Clicker is how it exposes the artifice of personalized expression through these games, as you express yourself through these pre-packaged sprites. Take for instance my own experience with Cow Clicker. I bought the Argyle cow before the others in my friends' ...
What Ebert forgot for a long time at least until this mea culpa was that cinema had a similar period in its development where no one could imagine it being considered a legitimate art form. Movies were crass popular entertainment How could they ever be considered artistic For Ebert to ...
