Category Archives: Gaming

Don’t Pay for Free-to-Play, or What Fire Emblem Heroes Does Right

Posted on August 20, 2017 by Rawle Nyanzi

NOTE: I am not being paid to write this. I’m just a fan of both Avengers Alliance and Fire Emblem Heroes. Once upon a time, there was a Facebook game called Avengers Alliance. It was a game of RPG-style battles … Continue reading →

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A Good Game Master Must Read

Posted on March 24, 2017 by Rawle Nyanzi

This morning, I read a post by Alex Kimball over at the Castalia House blog. In it, he describes how he ran a tabletop RPG campaign off of a short story from the 1940s and along the way developed a … Continue reading →

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Censorship: This Time, It Is the Government

Posted on June 3, 2016 by Rawle Nyanzi

“It’s only censorship if the government does it.” Every time there’s news that a developer is removing content from a game, the social justice crowd rushes in to remind us all that “censorship” can only be done by governments. Pretending … Continue reading →

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Video Games Don’t Need to Grow Up

Posted on May 31, 2016 by Rawle Nyanzi

“Video games need to grow up.” How many times have we heard that phrase? There’s always some group of cultural critics who wants video gaming to “engage the culture” or “embrace its potential” or some other thing. If only they’d … Continue reading →

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Games Are Easier Today, and That’s Fine

Posted on May 29, 2016 by Rawle Nyanzi

Once upon a time, video games were difficult. Many had to be finished in one sitting, or you had to remember many passwords. Tutorials were rare — that’s what manuals were for. The games themselves were quite difficult to clear, … Continue reading →

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