Letters From Bowser
Dear Mario, It’s over. You win. You’ve almost completely defeated my army. I spent yesterday afternoon calling Goomba wives and informing them that their husbands were killed in action. Have you ever...
View ArticleA Creation Myth
The following story was originally published in Issue 3 of Kill Screen Magazine, which you can purchase online. Special thanks to Chris Dahlen for being a superstar editor. It’s summer, 2000. Camp’s...
View ArticleHow to Review Games
I get a lot of emails from aspiring writers. “I want to write videogame reviews,” they say. “Where should I start?” They usually add long, rambling sentences about their work history or education or...
View ArticleHow to Score Games
Though I already showed you how to review games, I didn’t spend a great deal of time talking about the most important part of the process: scoring. See, sometimes in the drunken stupor of my day-to-day...
View ArticleVisceral
vis·cer·al [vis-er-uhl] adjective 1. of or pertaining to the viscera. 2. affecting the viscera. 3. of the nature of or resembling viscera. 4. characterized by or proceeding from instinct rather than...
View ArticleAn Open Letter To The Spike VGAs
Dear Spike VGA Producers, I get it. You’ve got obligations. You have to appeal to a broad audience. Your references can’t be too niche or obscure. You have to keep people watching. You have to appease...
View ArticleYour Story Sucks
On Twitter yesterday, my friend Andrew Groen wrote something that bugged me. “It’s always baffling that so many people place so much importance on the story of a video game when game stories are near...
View ArticleEnter Kotaku
Starting Monday, February 6, I will be a full-time reporter at the Gawker Media blog Kotaku, where I will be covering stories in gaming news and culture. This is an extremely exciting opportunity for...
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