Hi, my name is Clint and I am a transmedia consumer. I’ve watched video game movies and short series. I’ve read video game comic books. I’ve even been known to dabbled in video game novels from time to time. Whew, that was a difficult thing to get off my chest. Okay, Clint, you’re alright. Take a deep breath and everything will be okay. [Read more...]
Binary Morality and Choice in Games
February 7, 2013 By Leave a Comment
It is hardly uncommon to hear discussions about choice in games today. From The Walking Dead to Mass Effect, the idea of games adapting themselves, even in preset ways, to your choices has become quite a prolific one. And why not? Nothing says immersion like being given the ability (or at least an illusion) of freedom in an otherwise static narrative. So why is it that the most commonly implemented “moral choice” system is still that of binary moral choices?
The Ending of the Mass Effect Trilogy
December 20, 2012 By Leave a Comment
[Warning, this includes spoilers for the Mass Effect trilogy]
I’m not here to talk about the ending of Mass Effect 3. The subject has been bled to death and I have no intention on talking about the controversies of Mass Effect 3‘s ending, or how stupid the Indoctrination Theory really is. But I am here to talk about the ending to Mass Effect’s stories.
Mass Effect is a series about choice. It’s about how Shepard is used as a blank slate, a vehicle for the player to interact with and experience a rich sci-fi world. It’s about understanding nothing is as clear as black and white. It’s about accepting change and breaking the status quo. It’s about being better than what everyone thought you could be. It’s about you. [Read more...]
My Sister and I play Slender
October 30, 2012 By Leave a Comment
Happy Halloween! As a special bonus video, I decided to grab my sister (Who scares easily) and have her play the viral hit Slender. I am personally terrified of Slenderman and she’s easily scared, so together we are the perfect victims for this game. Watch us get tense and try to find all 8 pages.
Community Replay: Advent Rising
June 26, 2012 By Leave a Comment
By: Kyle
This latest episode we take a look at the giant flop that had a promise of a 1 million dollar prize that was never given out, Advent: Rising. [Read more...]
Community Replay: Metroid Prime 2 Echoes
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Community Replay: Mission Impossible: Operation Surma
June 12, 2012 By Leave a Comment
By: Kyle Lock
Check out the latest episode of Community Replay with Daniel Hamilton, Error!’s own Clint Prentice, Wayne Jennings and Cody Bauman. [Read more...]
Community Replay: Dead or Alive Xtreme Beach Volleyball
June 7, 2012 By Leave a Comment
Community Replay gets sexual in this week’s episode
Error! Report #025
April 8, 2012 By Leave a Comment
A new week and a new podcast! Listen to the sultry sounds of the Error! Report crew discuss a bunch of things I can’t really remember. Odds are good that we talked about Mass Effect, Joss Whedon, and Batman. The fourth segment is stupid and I apologize for that… [Read more...]
Community Replay: Spawn Armageddon
April 3, 2012 By Leave a Comment
By: Kyle
Watch as Zack Fletcher makes his Community Replay debut!
