Recent content by wolvesevolve

Its only different in a couple of subtle ways from most roguelikes of the era, but the tight gameplay, mood it perpetuates and the setting elevate it into greatness. The imaginative world is woven together very neatly, which is very different to the raw unbridled chaos of your Nethacks and...

This article I found very well written, but a little scarce of the naming of names.... "For most of the young history of videogame theory, humanities scholars have taken game immersion to be the same as the story-based variety." Really? Maybe if you go back to Brenda Laurel's work in the...

Humanities academic.

An incredible piece of writing; the writer captures so much about the value of games in general, not only in times of crisis, but their value to us as people. The best Escapist article by far, in my opinion. I teach a course on games at a university, and I'll shove this in their collective...