8 Bit Batman and Beyond
Laura Hudson looks at 8 Bit Batman and beyond through 23 years of Batman in videogames. (via the ISB)
Missing Duncan
“Maybe it’s too bad that a game with such a strong visual imagination is entirely about kicking people in the face. But violence is your compass. You’d be lost without it.” It’s only been a few weeks since Duncan has stopped writing his fine, thoughtful pieces on games, […]
Pets or Meat?
“Any time a scary movie apparently involves a decent-sized cast of people placed in a closed environment, it’s a good time to play a game I like to call Pets or Meat.”
Top Score
Only you can decide if you want to look at the Accidental Video Game Porn Archive. (via Super Punch)
45 Ways of Looking at the Mario Bros.
The Design Inspiration collects 45 portraits of the Mushroom Kingdom’s favorite heroes, Mario and Luigi.
Tragedy Systems in Grand Theft Auto IV
“Death is permanent and, in all works of fiction, predetermined. Except in video games, where most of the time it is neither.” At Hit Self-Destruct, Duncan writes about agency, time travel and death.
The Cultural Gutter 