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When Games Matter

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June 2011

June 28, 2011

When Games Matter: Words With Friends and My Mom

" ... I think I will be playing Words with Friends against my mom for...

June 21, 2011

When Games Matter: Child of Eden and Sharing the Single Player Experience

"Most of the time Nathan and I play competitive Halo matches shooting people and blowing...

June 14, 2011

When Games Matter: "The Equalizer"

"It wasn't to be, but we won't soon forget the equalizer and the determination with...

May 2011

May 31, 2011

When Games Matter: Was that Supposed to Happen?

"I grab him by the shirt and throw him down, he fell over and slipped...

May 24, 2011

When Games Matter: The Hilarious World of Portal 2

"Ten years ago, I never would have thought you could successfully make a physics-based puzzle...

May 17, 2011

When Games Matter: A Portal Induced Existential Crisis

"Each test chamber has an observation room concealed by textured glass where you expect to...

May 10, 2011

When Games Matter: The Uncomfortable World of Quelf

"Quelf will make you uncomfortable but there is a good chance that you and those...

May 03, 2011

When Games Matter: A Tale of Two Crafts

"I would like to say that I am mature enough that it didn’t phase me...

April 2011

April 26, 2011

When Games Matter: The Slums of New Vegas

"I often wonder if games are at their best when they are able to teach...

April 19, 2011

When Games Matter: Pandemic (Board Game Edition)

"If you have any hope of winning, you must work together."

April 12, 2011

When Games Matter: Creating, Sharing, and Not Keeping Score in Minecraft

". . . when you play with people you know, you find that there is...

April 05, 2011

When Games Matter: When I Stopped Trying to Save the World

". . . its clear that the carnage you cause isn't making the world a...

March 2011

March 29, 2011

When Games Matter: My Brother and How SOCOM US Navy Seals Brought Us Closer

"When he asked me to play with him online, I immediately went to the store...

March 22, 2011

When Games Matter: Lucidity, Grief, and My Daughter

"My daughter is going to enter into a world scarred by death. She will experience...

March 16, 2011

When Games Matter: Amnesia, Bravery, and the Time I Wanted to Quit

"I like to think I completed the game because it forced me to summon a...

March 08, 2011

When Games Matter: Metro 2033 and The Preservation of Art

"This moment was a welcome reminder that there is beauty in the world worth preserving."

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