Collected Games Writing of 2014

When I was working for GameSpot, I had to work within certain formats, and with concern for a particular audience. During that time, I would occasionally use this space to write gaming-related pieces that fell outside of what I felt I might be able to do at the day job. Since losing said day job, I’ve tried, just as a personal exploratory exercise, to do more writing that cast aside the concerns about format and audience that had been so deeply ingrained in me at the website and that just took whatever form or focus it might take. I think it’s been a good opportunity for me to stretch my voice and operate in less traditionally structured modes.  

Here are some of my non-GameSpot game-related writings and other posts (image collections and the like) for this year:

On the Zero (Kentucky Route Zero)

Too Late to Love You (Kentucky Route Zero)

don’t let me go (Transistor)

looking for something: glitchhikers

dark soul/out of touch (Dark Souls 2)

back to the house on arbor hill (Gone Home)

untitled post (Gone Home is a memory of love.)

love in a real cyberspace (Digital: A Love Story)

these wasted days: on proteus, jonathan richman, and life after gamespot

light in the darkness (dark souls 2)

heroic journey (dark souls 2, zelda)

Counterspy: A lukewarm take on the Cold War

I love video games

Why political engagement is critical to games journalism

the things we witness together (Kentucky Route Zero)

the goal is soul: diablo III and dark souls II

Destiny: A new hope, unfulfilled

On having a feminist “agenda”

Kings of Pain: On Gender and Power in Shadow of Mordor

Untitled post on GG and the evolution of games media

Untitled post on GG and the responsibility of sites to speak out

Nondescript: Forza Horizon 2’s World of White Dudes

no ordinary life (The Last of Us)

Bayonetta 2’s Sexless Sexiness and the Fetishization of Domination Through Violence

A Quick Note About Politics, Video Game Reviews, and Grand Theft Auto V

Isolation Effect (Alien: Isolation)

the dream fades away (Grand Theft Auto)

dreamworlds 

On GTA V being pulled from Target and Kmart shelves in Australia

My Favorite Games of 2014