Maximum Verbosity

I don’t care about spoilers.

T’was the year of Our Lord fifteen hundred and fifty-something-ish. The grand empire of Great Britain encompassed all of the British Isles and a wide swath of coastal mainland provinces north of France.

Note -- The following article is a discussion of the games Gone Home and Brothers: A Tale of Two Sons, and is broken into three parts. The first section contains minimal spoilers. The second contains moderate spoilers, and the last part discusses all parts of the game and story and is spoiler-heavy. Each section is clearly labeled.

I remember a commercial some years ago that talked about how someday we would have every song ready to play at the touch of a finger, and someday we would check into a hotel and they would have whatever movie we wanted to watch. Someday, no matter where you were, you would be able to have a face-to-face call with your loved ones.

I should have known the first time I realized there was a levelling system involved in Steam’s new Trading Cards system that eventually it would get its insidious hooks into me. But I wasn’t truly lost until it chanced upon my brain that the cards and boosters themselves were dropping like loot when I played games.

The munar capsule descends, falling now at only a dozen or so meters per second relative to the surface. Its landing gear extend, as though heroically reaching for the gray, dusty ground. Below, the ground inclines at a mild but unexpected angle, and a decision must now be made.

I don't really know what to make of the Wii U. I'm operating under the assumption that Nintendo is quietly taking a beating on the disappointing performance of the system, but I also find that when I make assumptions like that about anything having to do with Nintendo I find out later how completely wrong I was.

Even as a person who majored in the English language through my post-secondary education, I’m still a little fuzzy on the term “ironic,” so I’m not sure if it’s ironic or not that, as a co-creator of a website known for having developed a strong, tight-knit and supportive community, I myself feel that I’m generally terrible at being part of a community.

I’ve been thinking a lot lately about doing videos.

In the two and a half days since Civilization V: Brave New World was released, I’ve already spent in the area of 12 hours with the game. The reasons for that logistical miracle in my life are not interesting, but needless to say that is a pretty unusual stretch of time for me to spend with a game in such a short span. To be honest, I hadn’t intended to spend nearly that long.

Maximum Verbosity

Spoiler Alert

Europa Universalis IV

Brothers, Gone Home — A Comparison

Smelling Roses

Trading on Valve Value

From the Kerbin to the Mun

July 29 – August 2

The Outsider

The Lure of Video

Brave New World — First Impressions

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