Inside explores a seemingly dystopian world complete with some form of mind control. This mind control is achieved by connecting the main character to devices that hang from the top of the screen. If the device, which for the purpose of this essay will be called a mind control…

As we approach the end of this semester, workloads and deadlines are getting a little crazy, so I apologize in advance for the chaos of my gaming journal. We’ve established before that it is difficult to sit down and play a game when it is an assignment, and it is…

Remember how I was stuck? I am unstuck ish!! I’ll pause for your applause. … Thank you, thank you! Anyways, Being stuck was already frustrating, but I became even more annoyed when I went to work on my metagame. Because I had only seen the woods through my gameplay, that’s…

Hello, friends! Okay so, in my last post, I’m pretty sure we just covered my choice of Inside (and potentially Limbo) for the new gaming journal. I am happy to report that I got the Inside app working on my phone and have been able to attempt at playing the…

Hello and welcome back to my gaming journal. For this week’s post, I figured I would talk about which new game I’m going to choose for my journal and why. Let’s set the scene, shall we? I took Intro to Digital Studies in a previous semester. We did a little…

The time has finally come for me to cease my playing of Life is Strange. I can’t say that I’m sad. When I first started to play Life is Strange, I really didn’t know what to expect. I had absolutely no knowledge about the plot, except for the fact that…

Another week of grappling with Life is Strange has come and gone. I am still playing through Episode 2, as the game takes a long time to play and I am not particularly motivated, nor am I actually “good” at the game. I’ve had lower lows with Life is Strange…

I am happy to report that I have finally finished the first episode of Life is Strange. YAY! This feels like no small feat because I have not been enjoying my play time. I think that I addressed in my last post that playing the game feels like work, which…

Here’s a quick little update from our class trip to Reclaim Arcade! I was never much for arcades as a child because when I would go into them with my older brother, I would get overstimulated by all the sounds and flashing lights and moving people. …