Validating both online and in-person spaces
All throughout middle school and high school, my friends and I would reconnect with each other after school online. We would log into Skype, join…
video games
The art of appreciating bad art
Art, like any creative endeavour, does not exist in a vacuum. There is always a context and meaning behind what it represents. However, sometimes it’s…
Video game workers need to further unionize in 2024
2023 was great for gamers. An incredible amount of fantastic new video games were released, like Baldur’s Gate 3, The Legend of Zelda: Tears of…
The best artists steal
My high school film teacher gave me a critical piece of advice when I asked how to compose a good scene: “The best artists steal.”…
Fear, horror and gaming
In 1996 Capcom released Resident Evil for the original PlayStation, changing horror gaming and horror as a whole. Games such as Sweet Home (1989) for…
Rise up, gamers: the corporate miasma of professional League of Legends
My fall semester so far has involved neglecting my growing September backlog of games in favour of the most divisive video game of our time,…
Disco Elysium and the problem of capitalist production
Sometimes we grow attached to art because it speaks to our values, and it hurts when we find out the history behind that art doesn’t…
What are critics for, anyway?
While gamers are, in my opinion, among the most morally malnourished subgroups in the world, patrolling the internet and being hateful to someone for having…
What to play before the semester weighs you down
While January is past the longest night of the year, many students still have weeks of scarce sunlight and burning the midnight oil ahead. These…