The question of which degree of violence is justifiable in video games is to be considered independently of how much fun it is to drill the brains of your fellow players.
Category: Moments
When we talk to each other about games, we are not talking about ratings, but about the MOMENTS that move us.
In this section, the authors of WALL JUMP focus on the very special moments that they experienced in video games.
When I mess up a trick in “Skatebird,” my budgie plops off the board, rolls motionless across the floor, and eventually comes to a stop. In this frozen state, he always reminds me of the morning when I was a kid and found that my budgie Ricky had died overnight and fallen off his perch onto the cage floor.
The Witness looks like a simple but pretty puzzle game. But it contains a treasure that is more valuable to me than all the money in the world.
In 1991, I thought the ending of Monkey Island 2 was dumb. 30 years later, I feel the same way. But for completely different reasons.
“I can remember it very clearly” is a lie. Either you’re lying to yourself or you’re lying to another person. Dr. House always says, “All people lie.” I couldn’t agree more. And sometimes they even lie to themselves without realizing it. Nobody can remember anything exactly. Everything is always different. Always. And here is the proof.