The newest installment in Rian Johnson’s murder mystery series, Wake Up Dead Man, is out this week in a super limited release. Its predecessor, Glass Onion, was, likewise, only in theaters for a week on account of Netflix wanting to get their movie on streaming quick as possible. Unfortunately, Dead Man’s release coincides with Thanksgiving,… Continue reading Projecting
Author: Joshua Tong
Over It
The thing about a lot of games is that you’ve gotta be able to progress. The goal of Civilization is to dominate the world. In Metal Gear Solid you’ve gotta stop the terrorists from being able to nuke the world. In Shopping Cart Hero you’re doing sick stunts and the sicker the stunts the more… Continue reading Over It
Out And About
No post today, on account of being away this weekend. Fiery Furnace So this is a post of pictures instead. Golden tree from Gemini Bridges. Couldn’t tell you what kind of tree it is. Except it’s gold. Whale Arch. It’s a whale.
A New Story
I was fortunate enough to call New York home for many years and it truly is no hyperbole to say that the city is someplace special. To my immense joy, on Tuesday the city elected a new mayor — one who sees the city much the same way I do, a place where anyone can… Continue reading A New Story
Board Game Feel
I was excited but skeptical when I first heard about a board game based on Mass Effect. I love board games, I love Mass Effect, but tying the two together seemed a risky endeavor. Board games have a lot to do with their theme — that is, the flavor that surrounds the base mechanics. Monopoly… Continue reading Board Game Feel
Dancing About Architecture
Music is something I don’t write about often here mostly because it is something I find really difficult to write about. Which is a shame, because I love music; I just don’t really, well, know what it is. I can talk about video games and game feel and player agency and I can talk about… Continue reading Dancing About Architecture
Dave of All Trades
Dave The Diver is ostensibly a game where you dive for fish by day and sell sushi of your catch by night. There’s a light restaurant management sim thrown in there to support the selling of said sushi, and a fish farm to, uh, farm fish for the restaurant. There’s also a basic farming sim… Continue reading Dave of All Trades
Go Home, Google
Not much of an essay or a rant this week for various reasons, but rather a quick observation that, wow, Google search has gotten real bad. Like, I can vaguely see how the connection can be made. Forsaken did see the guardian go rogue (renegade, if you will) and had a bit of a Western… Continue reading Go Home, Google
Future Tense
I knew Leigh Brackett as the writer of the first draft of Empire Strikes Back. It was only when I came across an old copy of The Long Tomorrow at a used bookstore that I learned she was a prolific science fiction author as well. The Long Tomorrow is a fascinating read—I don’t think I’ve… Continue reading Future Tense
Things Going Wrong
I had a plan in Death Stranding 2. I cleared out a bandit camp then left my truck there while I ran a couple errands nearby. While on those errands I was informed that my truck had been stolen. This threw a wrench in my plans, but nothing insurmountable. So I finished up that errand… Continue reading Things Going Wrong
Essays, Not Rants! 