In today’s journal entry I am going to discuss Cuphead and how it relates to the concept of “critical play”. Cuphead is a 2D platformer filled with various levels of side scrollers and boss fights. The biggest thing that sets Cuphead apart from other platformers is its art style, with…

In today’s journal entry I would like to discuss a game I played that incorporated a social message into its gameplay. The game I decided to play was a part of “Games for Change”, where they offer many games recognized for teaching its players various social values in their design…

In today’s journal entry I would like to talk about video games being capable of making political and social statements on the world through their gameplay. Video games as a medium have slowly been growing ever more strongly in terms of their storytelling and themes they wish to share with…

In today’s journal entry I would like to discuss the effects of a glitch on the user as they experience them. For the most part when a glitch for me occurs I usually end up being taken out of whatever kind of digital experience I am partaking in due to…

In today’s journal entry I would like to talk about the concept of a “glitch”. For me, a “glitch” is when something goes wrong in usually a technological sense within a system, typically on the software level. This can sometimes be something unexpected when it comes to the programming of…

Gameplay Journal Entry #4 — Giovanni Minus For today’s journal entry I am going to be talking about an artistic game mod for the game Grand Theft Auto V. GTA is widely known as the game series where you can live out a criminal fantasy in a game world full of world interactions, a narrative filled with…

Super Metroid — GBA Edition In today’s journal entry I am going to be talking about a mod for the Game Boy Advance game Metroid: Zero Mission. Thanks to the mod it is now referred to as Super Metroid — GBA Edition, and with it comes mainly sprite/tile editing and…

For this journal entry I would like to talk about the coming up game known as Resident Evil Village, or more specifically the “Maiden” demo for it recently released. Resident Evil Village, aka Resident Evil 8, was announced by Capcom some time ago, and it is the continuation of Resident…

by Giovanni Minus For this journal entry I would like to talk about the game known as 13 Sentinels: Aegis Rim. In this I will talk about an aspect of technicity the game has that influences the players identity as they play the game. I started playing 13 Sentinels about a month or…