Review: Little King’s Story

Review: Little King’s Story

Tweet Game: Little King’s Story Developer/Publisher: XSEED/Cing Platform: Wii Genre: Action/Adventure, RPG Price: $49.99 Verdict: Buy it, you won’t regret it. There is something for everyone. Pros: Cute characters and charm, good length, difficulty is nice Cons: Tough to know what exactly to do,...

The Importance of Narrative

The Importance of Narrative

Tweet In my gaming history, starting back with Pong of all things, the games I enjoyed the most had stories that enveloped you as the main character. I have fond memories of Super Dodgeball and how racist that game actually is. The inclusion of defeated enemies turning into angels also provided some...

E3 09: Nintendo Keynote Roundup

E3 09: Nintendo Keynote Roundup

Tweet So E3′s biggest events have come and gone. I am speaking, of course, of the big three’s press conferences, Nintendo, Microsoft, and Sony. What can be learned from them, well a lot really. The first and biggest thing that I came away with from watching the press conferences was that...

Narrative in Video Games

Narrative in Video Games

Tweet Early last week I wrote a piece on video games as an Artistic Medium. Continuing in that vein, I want to discuss the use of narrative in Video Games.  However, this time the discussion will revolve more around why the use of narrative is important in gaming, at least to me. What is Narrative? To...

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