[Originally posted on PopMatters] More than most game genres, the RTS has developed its own lexicon over the years. To “one-A” in an RTS is to clump all the player’s units into a single control group, to press the “A” key and click on the map roughly at the enemy base location. This tells all the … Continue reading The Value of a Soldier in Tryst
[Originally posted on PopMatters] Tryst is the second release from developer BlueGiant Interactive, a small-ish company based out of India. Tryst is an RTS that focuses more on smaller, more intimate, “micro-intensive” battles than it does on longer, drawn out matches with complicated economies akin to the Age of Empires series. Although the lack of … Continue reading Review: Tryst
Well, I’ve unleashed the dragon. I brought up the whole sexism thing again (“One Dimension: Women’s Bodies in Tekken.” PopMatters. Sept 25 2012). Sexism is the most heated discussion around games right now and probably among the most heated in many areas of the growing amorphous blob known as “geek culture” (Newitz, Annalee. “The Great … Continue reading Sexism and Tekken
[Originally posted on PopMatters] Tekken was probably one of the last fighting games to successfully make the jump from arcade to console, not to mention one of the most successful. Only the Street Fighter series [and, perhaps, the Mortal Kombat series – ed.] can match its infamy and longevity. Tekken also one of the most … Continue reading Review: Tekken Tag Tournament
[Originally posted on PopMatters] Tekken might not have as long a history as other arcade fighters like Street Fighter and Mortal Kombat, but it is at least as important in the fighting canon as its 2D precursors. For years, it’s been a staple in airplanes, movie theaters, and cafeterias and is probably one of the … Continue reading One Dimension: Women’s Bodies in Tekken
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