latest ARTICLES by mikkel
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Current Gen, Editorials, Features, Video GamesOne Month After the Final Shape: A Decade-ish of ‘Destiny’ in Retrospect
It is not hyperbole to say that Destiny irrevocably changed my life for the better. When I first pre-ordered the…
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Editorials, Facing Nerd Problems, FeaturesIt’s Never Just One Bad Day
Content warning: gun violence. When Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse came out last year, one of the concepts that it “introduced”…
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Editorials, Features, Media, Movies, TV Shows, Video GamesThe Other Kind of Environmental Storytelling
When we talk about environmental storytelling, it’s typically within the context of video game design. It’s the collection of details…
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Editorials, FeaturesThat’s Why They Call It Play
As March was winding down, I was in a discord call with some friends and the conversation drifted towards our…
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Editorials, FeaturesAn NB Problem: If They/Then What…
Definitions NP – nondeterministic polynomial time, a classification of computational complexity. Difficult because of the need to resolve connected conditions.…
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Editorials, Features, Nintendo, Video GamesA Pastel Colored Time Capsule: Returning to the ‘New Horizons’ Archipelago
After the workday wrapped up, I collected all of my things in my bag. Fishing rod, net, ax, shovel, slingshot,…
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Current Gen, Editorials, Features, PC, Video GamesA Para-causal Ludonarrative Dissonance
Ludonarrative dissonance – When the non-interactive elements and the narrative told through the game mechanics are at odds with each…
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Anime, Editorials, Features, Media, TV ShowsTwo Decades and the Battlecry Still Echoes: Celebrating ‘Samurai Champloo’
Let me set the stage accordingly. It was 2014, and this was still a time where anime wasn’t as readily…
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Editorials, FeaturesThe View from the Top: ‘Haikyu’ and Reaching my Peak
I’ve been rewatching episodes of Haikyu lately. It’s that weird time of the year (a.k.a. the end of it) where…
