Everyday Shooter

Music Synesthesia and the continuing evolution of a new genre, including the question of what purpose difficulty serves in a game designed to deliver a musical experience.

How to Talk to Fans

A breakdown of the issues facing a video game critic and respecting a game's role in the present AND the future.

Insecticide

Another indie DS gem, they try a weird sort of combat-puzzle game design that's hit or miss depending on if you "get it". Which is never a good thing to proclaim to other people.

And Now For Something Completely Different

Needed to change gears for a bit on this one. Good story, but it kinda made me miss my cool art-fart lifestyle over my current one.

Zarathustran Analytics Synopsis

A basic breakdown of the whole thing with some AWESOME photos.

Zarathustran Analytics in Video Games, Part 10: The Value of Player Experience

Done at last. Ended this one with a nice big quote too.

Zarathustran Analytics in Video Games, Part 9: Flaws in Criticism Today

This one may not go over well with a lot of smart, eloquent, and equipped with an enormous fanbase writers. Ah well, someone has to say it.