Posts filed under “Gaming”
Tonight I performed poetry in a computer game for the first time.
The game: Bombermine. The poem: Gregory Corso’s “Bomb.” I planned on “performing it” as an avatar named GregoryCorso at 6pm sharp, but I waited 10 minutes or so for the round to end (as the game is played in rounds) and then started. The overall time span for the reading was just over 30 minutes. [...]
What the hell are you guys doing?!
The Great Bear Attack of Farcry 3
1: Bear Clears Entire Outpost 2: A fire spreads from one of the pirates, and the hero is put to rest.
Did you know I write about games?
I do. And the writing is mostly critical, and borderline academic, though mostly elusive in its direction. The latest short essay I wrote discusses Skyrim and our uses of cycles within the game world to satisfy needs. You can read that here. I’ve also covered the Mass Effect trilogy and the Max Payne trilogy, and [...]