Category Archives: This isn’t just a video game this is ART you wouldn’t understand it you plebian filth

BioShock Infinite is Badly-Designed and Badly-Written Prolefeed

Posted on April 5, 2013 by Lee 6 Comments

BioShock Infinite is Badly-Designed and Badly-Written Prolefeed BioShock Infinite is being praised for its tight gameplay and brilliant story. I found it to be a poor man’s Dishonored and lacking in both combat and plot. I’ll address each separately. The … Continue reading →

Fantasy/Sci-Fi, First-Person, Politics, This isn't just a video game this is ART you wouldn't understand it you plebian filth, Video Gaming

The 2012 Vidya Gaem Awards

Posted on March 5, 2013 by Lee 4 Comments

4chan is a gigantic website for nerds posting nerdly things, including video games. Thanks to 4chan’s anonymity there are some cool things featured on it like vaguely reasonable debates with no pretension or fear of censorship, scans of old magazines … Continue reading →

Comedy, Politics, This isn't just a video game this is ART you wouldn't understand it you plebian filth, Video Gaming

Frog Fractions and Multi-Genre Games

Posted on January 15, 2013 by Lee 1 Comment

Frog Fractions and Multi-Genre Games Frog Fractions is a browser-based flash game that initially appears to be about completing simple actions (a frog eating bugs) to teach players about fractions and mathematics. However, this premise is quickly revealed to be … Continue reading →

Adventure, Comedy, Shmups, This isn't just a video game this is ART you wouldn't understand it you plebian filth, Video Gaming

Jonathan Blow is the Most Pretentious Man on Earth

Posted on December 7, 2012 by Lee 5 Comments

Jonathan Blow is the Most Pretentious Man on Earth I kind of liked Braid . It didn’t deserve all the ridiculous hyperbole surrounding it but it was not bad. It had some cool puzzle mechanics and the art was interesting. … Continue reading →

Adventure, Platformer, This isn't just a video game this is ART you wouldn't understand it you plebian filth, Video Gaming

Your Video Game List Does in Fact Blow

Posted on August 24, 2012 by Lee Leave a comment

It’s odd of me to write a response to something without babbling about how the original author is an idiot. But occasionally I see something like this , something which makes me agree entirely with its conclusion. Michael Lowell’s need … Continue reading →

Beat-Em-Up, Comedy, Film, Ramblings, This isn't just a video game this is ART you wouldn't understand it you plebian filth, Video Gaming

10 Pieces of Literature that I Attempt to Create Game Proposals For

Posted on August 14, 2012 by Lee 1 Comment

There were Frankenstein , Dr Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, and Tom Sawyer games for the NES. Parasite Eve for the PlayStation was based on a novel. Someone relatively recently made a NES-like game out of The Great Gatsby . So … Continue reading →

Adventure, Books, Horror, Post-Apocalyptic, This isn't just a video game this is ART you wouldn't understand it you plebian filth, Video Gaming

10 More “Underrated” Games That Are Actually Overrated

Posted on July 3, 2012 by Lee 9 Comments

This is the sequel to my first article about games that are improperly labeled as underrated. Behold: Rez (Dreamcast, Playstation 2, Xbox 360, 2001) Whenever someone reviews Rez , they invariably write some nonsense about synesthesia , a disorder of … Continue reading →

Animu, Beat-Em-Up, Fantasy/Sci-Fi, Horror, RPG or thereabouts, Shmups, This isn't just a video game this is ART you wouldn't understand it you plebian filth, Video Gaming

A Review of the Indie Royale “June Bug Bundle”

Posted on June 19, 2012 by Lee Leave a comment

Indie Royale is a collection of indie games offered for a low price. That low price goes up the more people purchase it but goes down for others if you donate more than the minimum. If that sounds like a copy … Continue reading →

Puzzle, This isn't just a video game this is ART you wouldn't understand it you plebian filth, Video Gaming

Eric Chahi’s From Dust

Posted on June 15, 2012 by Lee Leave a comment

Eric Chahi is the genius who single-handedly created 1991’s Out of this World (Also known as Another World if you’re some kinda European commie), one of the greatest games in history. But what’s he been up to lately? From Dust … Continue reading →

This isn't just a video game this is ART you wouldn't understand it you plebian filth, Video Gaming

Penny Arcade: An Analysis

Posted on April 24, 2012 by Lee 3 Comments

I wrote this article for the intent of creating worthwhile criticism of what is probably the most popular webcomic in existence–gaming or otherwise. I realize that gamers already know everything I’m about to say and non-gamers probably won’t care. People … Continue reading →

Comedy, This isn't just a video game this is ART you wouldn't understand it you plebian filth, Video Gaming