Posts Tagged ‘video games’

I bought Final Fantasy XIII on tues when it was released and spent a good two hours playing it. I would have played more, but us poor gamers still gotta work. So here’s my first impressions… The FFXIII story revolves around two things – the Fal’cie and the L’cie, although I’m not Read more

I’ve discovered the Secret of Monkey Island. It’s in New Zealand. I found this sign on my recent trip there and nearly made my tour group detour to Monkey Island. They didn’t really understand my insane shouting about Monkey Island and Guybrush Threepwood but I’m sure you Read more

I’ve sat through the ridiculous banning, modification, un-banning of games like Grand Theft Auto IV and Fallout 3, and I’ve been grumpy. I’ve written form letters of complaint, along with thousands of others, but I’ve never really got up, never really shouted at the top of my lungs Read more

I live for stories. This doesn’t make me particularly unique – since humans stumbled into language, we have always used stories to describe and examine ourselves and the world around us. From myth and religion to the novel and cinema, we have constantly looked for new ways to describe Read more