A Review copy was provided by the publisher. Watch Dogs: Legion is the third entry in the Watch Dogs series, coming nearly four years after its predecessor. The first game was set in an alternate Chicago where mass surveillance dominates … Continue reading Watch Dogs: Legion // Review Big Brother is Watching You
In early June, Sony released the first look at the Playstation 5 in a presentation ambitiously titled “The Future of Gaming Show” and, to be honest, it lived up to the name. At the time, no one was expecting finished … Continue reading The Glaring Flaw with the Playstation 5
Originally published in the Summer Issue 2020. Recently I was playing a game called A Fold Apart. It is a romance game, but what was striking to me about the game was its use of gender. Choosing one’s gender … Continue reading When does gender in a video game actually matter?
Originally published in the Summer Issue 2020. Dearly beloved, we are gathered here today to mourn the passing of E3. Canceled this year by the COVID-19 pandemic, the renowned annual conference for all things games has left this world and … Continue reading A Eulogy for E3
●●●○○ Violence is an action that comes up more frequently than almost any, bar walking, in video games, from Space Invaders to Doom. This is by no means a moralizing point I wish to make. It makes sense, since stories … Continue reading Carrion // REVIEW
Way back in 2013, at the PS4 reveal event in New York City, the software that would eventually become Dreams was unveiled for the first time. Developed by Media Molecule, the studio behind Little Big Planet and Tearaway, it was … Continue reading Spotlight: Dreams (PS4) Originally published in print March 2020.
The interactive and frequently player-driven nature of video games allows for unique and interesting approaches to character building in narrative terms. Characterization is at the center of most modern storytelling, and is the engine that drives the majority of modern … Continue reading Video Game Characterization Originally published in print March 2020.
With the release of a new Animal Crossing game, I’ve been preoccupied with slice of life games. Instead of action and adventure, slice of life games aim to capture the mundanity of everyday life. It could be that of a … Continue reading The Simple Joy of Slice of Life Games Originally published in print March 2020.
It’s something of a futile effort to crown one game as the definitive best of the past decade. We at TN2 Magazine are choosing to take a different route with this idea. Games mean many different things to different people. … Continue reading Games of the Teens Originally Published in Print February 2020
With the new generation of consoles fast approaching, the question of backwards compatibility has once again come to the forefront of the gaming conversation. Sony and Microsoft have both confirmed that their new machines will be capable of playing current … Continue reading The Pros and Many Cons of Backwards Compatibility Originally Published in Print February 2020
Often the conversation around role playing games is dominated by digital games, with names like Bethesda, CD Projekt Red and BioWare coming up again and again, however not all gaming needs to be done on consoles and PCs. With tabletop … Continue reading An Introduction to Tabletop Role Playing Games Originally Published in Print February 2020
“All the computer games that were available at the time were of the violent type – war games and space invader types. There were no games that everyone could enjoy” – Toru Iwatani (Lead Designer of Pacman) In 1988 Nintendo … Continue reading Here Come the Gamerz Originally Published in Print November 2019