Shadows on the Screen: Why Write High Critique
Last week friend of OLC and SpawnKill.com co-founder and Editor-in-Chief Stephanie Palermo told me that she didn’t understand the appeal in “Games as Art” topics. I simultaneously felt defensive, and well, guilty.
DJ Hero Controller Appears in Kid Cudi’s “Make Her Say” Video
In the video for a song that turns Lady GaGa’s annoying “Poker Face” into a track that I can actually stand, Kid Cudi, Kanye West, and Common lay down some rhymes while showing off their Activision connects. Read more
Shadows on the Screen: What does it take to be culturally relevant?
I write about all sorts of Ivory Tower topics. Games as art, protected expression, or taboo breakers. It is particularly interesting (and debilitating) to me when one of these issues holds practical value. So, let’s ask: are all games culturally relevant?
Batman: Arkham Asylum Developer Diary #2
Developer Rocksteady continues to impress, even when treading on well worn ground. In this second Developer Diary they give us a peek at the combat at gadgets that the Dark Knight will be using to take down the Joker’s henchmen. Read more
Digital Discourse Episode 2: Cheating and Real Money Trading
Our second episode of OLC’s flagship podcast is finally here! Last time we took on the question of why we write about games. This week we’re coming down from our Ivory Tower (TM) and handling issues that effect people everyday. Read more
The Bat Behind the Scenes: Arkham Asylum Dev Diary #1
Developers Rocksteady have been doing a great job at building hype for what might be the best Batman title ever made. Today they took a step into my favorite little PR invention: The developer diary. Read more
Digital Discourse: Episode 1
After months of discussion, planning, and logo creation One Last Continue is proud to present our flagship podcast: Digital Discourse. The quick and dirty? We take a topic from the site and discuss it. This week: Why we write about games. Read more
Shadows on the Screen: What Game Demos Could Learn From Mixtapes
Maybe if Grin had spent a few hours listening to The Mixtape About Nothing or A Rhyming Ape the Bionic Commando demo wouldn’t have been so damned awful. What is Austin even talking about at all? Read on to find out. Read more
Vampire Zombie Communist Hookers? Patent It!
From Patent # US 2009/0017886 A1: “If the player heeds the higher ideals and seeks the higher path they will be rewarded not with money and jacked cars, but with their soul.” What? More after the jump.
Shadows on the Screen: The One I Wrote For Myself
Over a week ago I sat down across from a brunch table with my good friend Art Tebbel and I said “Why am I writing about video games?” And he answered “Write about what you want to write about.”
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