The Pixels

Elemental Video Game Critiques

Year: 2019

9 min read

Despite my multiple frustrations, countless deaths, and whispered curses every time Mike took forever to turn around, StarTropics is a game I’m glad I stuck out to the end.

7 min read

“Fantasy and science fiction can be literal as well as allegorical and there’s nothing wrong with enjoying a monster like a giant squid for what it is, as well as searching for metaphor.” -China Mieville

9 min read

Dogs kind of default to making friends unless provoked. Cats seem to default to making enemies unless convinced otherwise.
-Perry Elisabeth Kirkpatrick

2 min read

The 3rd and final episode in our Chrono Trigger podcast trilogy features Chris the Sometimes Vaguely Philosophical Mage, and this time around we discuss the announcement of the new Philosophiraga show, the beauty of convenience for the consumer, playing Chrono Trigger on mobile iOS, Chris finishing the game for the first time just recently…

12 min read

“I’ve always been a fan of folklore and mythology, so Fables just seemed the perfect culmination of all that. All my career I’ve been flipping folklore and fairy tale stuff into superhero books.”

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