So, I got an email today from MangaGamer about the growth of the visual novel market in the West and how Western developers are finally starting to catch up to the writing and presentation of their Japanese older siblings. Now, there is a lot of work still to be done in the West, but those […]
So, what is it about wish-fulfillment protagonists that rakes my crotch? I can’t say I have a problem with the overall concept. Some of my favorite characters could be considered a wish-fulfillment fantasy after all (Batman, James Bond, Sherlock Holmes, etc.). But, at least to me, it never felt like we were supposed to like […]
Before the advent of military first person shooters, gaming’s narrative well was firmly entrenched in the dystopian/alternate history subgenre of fiction. Starting with the release of System Shock in 1994, dystopia games have influenced some of the most important titles in gaming history; including Half-Life, Portal, Deus Ex and, of course, Bioshock. Its influences are […]
One of my favorite business stories of the past twenty years or so has to be Sir James Dyson. Here’s a guy who was tired of his vacuum cleaner losing suction before he felt it should. So, he created a cyclonic internal engine so that it wouldn’t lose suction or get clogged as easily, however […]