#editorials
#editorials
By: RJ (@rga_02)
A few weeks ago I said to a classroom, “List articles are very arbitrary,” I still stand by that statement. But I’m also a hypocrite, so here are two games that you should be playing on your tablet right now. Yes two. (And to be fair, I targeted top-five lists – not top-two.)
By: RJ (@rga_02)
It was 2002. My mom brought me to Target to get the Game Boy Advance. For what reason? I don’t really know and I can’t be bothered to find out why. But with that purchase solidified my love for the medium. And I’d like to share some of the memories I have with this delightful device.
by Omar (@siegarettes)
Every year I get a new Kirby adventure may not be a good one, but every year with one is definitely a little better than it was. This year I was lucky enough to have both brand new adventures and revisit old ones. And what beautiful little adventures they were.
by Omar (@siegarettes)
Between spending more time in the arcades of Yakuza 5′s Kamurocho, and a general renewed interest in Wii games, I finally returned Namco’s Taiko no Tatsujin series in a big way. Taiko is dead simple, a rhythm game in the strictest sense. There’s one lane, and only two ways to hit a note, inside or outside, red or blue. After all, it’s meant to imitate the performance of Japan’s traditional festival drums of the same name.
M Marko (@em_being)
For the end of the year, we take a look at the Games We Played, and the effects they had on us. This year we’re starting with a piece by friend of the site, M, who is one half of the duo that is the very excellent Abnormal Mapping.
We’re three years past the critical consensus that the dadification of games was upon us, and for all the ink spilled on the issue it seems that games are still just coming into that intersection of creator age and storytelling opportunity, for better or worse. While much of the critique of this not-quite-a-movement has to do with who gets to make games and tell stories, it’s also a critique of the limited view of how protagonists in games can operate. If you aren’t saving someone or something, protecting them becomes the next logical paternalistic step.
By: David (@friendshipguy_)
I’m perhaps the biggest Metal Gear Solid fan I know. Barring the purchase of accessories and other paraphernalia, I’ve analyzed Snake’s speech about memes at the end of Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty for my final in my critical analysis class about a year back, and vividly remember staying up one night of my sophomore year in high school trying to piece together the entire series and when they took place.
By: RJ (@rga_02)
Max Payne 3 sat in my PlayStation 3 hard drive for about close to a year now. I got the game last fall as a part of a Red Dead Redemption bundle PSN was offering for $5. Now as this summer draws to a close I decided to tackle the game in further to slim down my backlog. I didn’t know to expect from the game to be honest. I know that some people enjoyed it and loathed it. Clickbliss’ very own editor-in-chief Omar seemed to enjoy it (after all, why else would they have two copies of the game) – so I decided to play it and throw out my two cents on the game to the sea of nuanced opinions out there. (spoiler: I enjoyed it immensely)
By: Omar (@siegarettes) & RJ (@rga_02)
After a lengthy gourmet meal at McDonalds we decided to swing over to Bit Bash’s Cool Jazz to indulge ourselves into the wonderful world of indie gaming. It was held at the Bottom Lounge. Despite the cramped surroundings, the atmosphere was very relaxed and upbeat. Realizing there were more than just overpriced drinks here, we decided to talk about games.