![]() ![]() I came across APARTMENT: A SEPARATED PLACE (Or A ![]() Breakups aren’t fun! They’re not great! The dissolution of any really positive relationship-and even negative relationships-rarely come with a light and airy feeling, more like a heavy plodding that settles in your chest and mind, and definitely isn’t what you want to evoke when you’re trying to come up with a neat and cool experience.Ī game that emphasizes that plodding intensity is one that I encountered years ago, but never really found a reason/way to check it out until recently. AAA titles aren’t immune to this either, and more than a few think pieces have been pounded out wondering exactly why so many games involve being a dad or something.įor one or more reasons, I’ve recently found myself gravitating toward games about breakups, and how creators represent intensely personal events in an interactive medium that is, in theory, supposed to be fun. Video games aren’t that much different, especially when it comes to indie games. It’s basically like Carrie Bradshaw’s column but with more discussions about save-scumming.Įvery early creative writing class advises students to “write what they know,” and because of this you get a lot of stories and meditations that are more than kind of specific to the author. I Played a Game Once is an inside look into what he is playing, and how it has any bearing whatsoever on our current moment. ![]() ![]() Now, as the Senior Games Writer for Merry-Go-Round Magazine, he’s finally been given a platform to prove that not only has he been playing video games, he writes about them as well. In 2009 Steven Porfiri was accused of never having played a video game before by someone on a GameFAQs message board, and the insult has haunted him ever since. ![]()
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