http://www.bliterations.com Thoughts/Gaming Tue, 04 Oct 2011 14:57:47 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Go read this for a while. P.S. If you happen to be in New York between now and September 11, go see this. http://www.bliterations.com/2011/07/meta-explanatory/ http://www.bliterations.com/2010/11/collision-detection-8/ I wrote a short piece on Time Gal (1985)---and, specifically, death---for MUBI. You can read it here. http://www.bliterations.com/2010/09/the-short-happy-lives-of-reika-kirishima/   http://www.bliterations.com/2010/08/collision-detection-7/ Just a quick note: I wrote about Super Mario Galaxy 2 for The House Next Door. SPOILER ALERT: It's a very good video game. I'm disappointed that the editors didn't use my original title (although I also completely understand), so I'm shamelessly using it for this post! http://www.bliterations.com/2010/07/stars-down-deep/ Sorry about the current lack of updates---I have been writing about vieo gams, honestly, but lately it has been for another site, The House Next Door (Slant Magazine's blog). I reviewed a few recently released titles for them, the links to which are below: Splinter Cell: Conviction 3D Dot Game Heroes Trauma Team I ... http://www.bliterations.com/2010/06/vieo-gams/ (Part of a continuing series spotlighting an individual piece of music from a video game.) Villi People/Jim's Now a Blind Cave Salamander! (Moonlight Sonata, 1st Movement) Game: Earthworm Jim 2 (1995--96) Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven (arranged by Tommy Tallarico) For all of the wacky and irreverent humor that the Earthworm Jim series ... http://www.bliterations.com/2010/04/vgm-of-the-week-4/ (Part of a continuing series spotlighting an individual piece of music from a video game.) Games of Happiness Game: Yoshi's Story (1998) Composer: Kazumi Totaka The name Kazumi Totaka has a bit of notoriety attached to it, and it's no wonder---the man hides secret melodies within games' sound files, provides the odd cartoon ... http://www.bliterations.com/2010/04/vgm-of-the-week-3/ Part of a continuing series of images. Click on photo to view full-size. A malfunctioning news ticker sign reveals its abstract materiality with a lone visual unit. Perhaps this is pixél vérité? http://www.bliterations.com/2010/04/gamesnew-york-4/ (Part of a continuing series spotlighting an individual piece of music from a video game.) Funky Goblin Game: King Arthur's World (Royal Conquest in Japan) (1992) Composer(s): Martin Simpson, Justin Scharvona King Arthur's World is one of those lesser-known gems that I was extremely lucky to have played as a kid, when I had ... http://www.bliterations.com/2010/04/vgm-of-the-week-2/