Michael Iantorno PhD Candidate, Game Designer, and Writer

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Games to Watch in 2013

I apologize for the lateness of this blog post. My computer of six years died last weekend, and I’ve been scrambling to recover my data to my laptop and arrange a proper viking funeral. Despite beginning on a personal sour note, I see 2013 as a year of hopefulness. After a sluggish end to 2012, there is a deluge of compelling PC titles set for release in the year of the snake. I’d...

2011 in Review, Part 1: Terraria

I’m not a fan of ranking games. I think that numerical ratings have become a completely worthless indicator of a game’s value, a viewpoint brilliantly articulated by the folks over at Extra Credits. It’s why none of my reviews ever have numbers next to them. Keeping this in mind, the list I’m about to present is not a manifesto of which games I think are the best of the past year. I’m sure...

Michael Iantorno PhD Candidate, Game Designer, and Writer