The Dungeon Masters
The gamers profiled in Keven McAlester’s documentary The Dungeon Masters roll d20 against Mundanity. Twitch has a trailer.
Are Video Games Moral?
Are video games moral? Yes, but what does “moral” mean, writes Oliver Saenz in “Killing Grannies, Slaughtering Monsters and Leveling the Fuck Up.”
The End of the Zombie Plague
Jim Rossignol shotguns him some zombies, really the zombie infestation of gaming, writing, “My issue with the zombie archetype is that it is largely without a villain, and we need specific villains” in games.
Sketching the LittleBigPlanet
Boing Boing has sketches and art from Little Big Planet as well as a little meditation on its wonder, joy and charm. Very little, mostly art.
Machinarium
Machinarium is a gorgeous game illustrated with colored pencil. Read a review and see the trailer here. (thanks, alex!)
The Eternal Game Backlog
Tales of the Rampant Coyote extols the virtues of waiting to buy a game: “Them’s that wait long enough years get the ‘Platinum Pack’ with all the expansions fully integrated in and patched to the latest level for a big discount.”
The Cultural Gutter 