Why I Game: Because I Love Them

Why I Game: Because I Love Them

The end of August contained a couple of the worst weeks of my life in about three years. It was surprising, just how awful they were. It was a whole combination of things: I had been working a lot for the past four months with no holidays, I was worried about a number of personal things, and then I received the news that my grandmother had died. (more…)

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Diversity in The Walking Dead Video Game: Clementine Will Remember That

In case you’ve been living under a rock for the past few years, The Walking Dead comic, now TV show, is set in a not-too-distant future in which the wide-spread zombie plague has brought about the apocalypse. The video game is set in the same general area as the comics, but centers around a different cast of characters. Telltale Games’ The Walking Dead video game is an award-winning episodic drama-adventure video game, based on the famous comic book series and television show of the same name. Two seasons of the video game have been released so far, and a third is in the making, scheduled to be released some time in 2016.

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Alphabear: Unbearably Cute

Alphabear: Unbearably Cute

Name: Alphabear
Studio: Spryfox http://www.spryfox.com
Cost: Free to play with in-app purchases

Platform:  Android/IOS (this review covers the Android version)

Genre: Word/Puzzle
Release Date: July, 2015
Other games: Triple Town, Road Not Taken

If you ever played Triple Town–the game where you had to build a town and keep the bears from blocking your expansion–you’ll like Alphabear, which is the game’s sibling-in-spirit. (more…)