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Hi, my name is Denis. I originally started this blog over at Blogger in July 2008. I tend to write a lot about videogames, and have made various rounds of the web. Was formerly a staff writer for both GayGamer and The Border House. This blog serves to explicate my thoughts on any number of issues, not solely focused on videogames anymore (though they still make up the majority).Search:
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Daddy Complex
Heavy Rain is an interesting beast. I think Michael Abbott succinctly sums up my difficulty with it from an emotional standpoint. It was a game to which I felt connected, but not in the ways the game desired from me. … Continue reading
Tagged fatherhood, Heavy Rain, masculinity
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All men and women are merely players
During my podcast conversation hosted by Abbott, the point came up that I see games as a rehearsal. I’ve mentioned it here before. I give the caveat that I have been and still remain a: theater student, theater historian, actor, … Continue reading
Tagged Mass Effect, theater
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Favorite Game of 2009
Michael Abbott asked me to be on a gamers’ confab podcast to discuss my favorite game of 2009 alongside Alex Raymond and Matthew Gallant. I wish to thank him for having me, and to my fellow podcasters for the discussion … Continue reading
Tagged podcast
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To Not Be Ezio
This post will contain spoilers for Assassin’s Creed 2. I did not like Altaïr. Despite what challenges the game threw at him, despite epiphanies that destroyed the world he knew, he was always an arrogant ass who knew that he … Continue reading
Maturing Game
Spoilers for Dragon Age: Origins exist in this post. I’ve previously stated I’m not a fan of games who give me my morality on a scale with two polar ends. It is making me roll my eyes at my current … Continue reading
Zevran Arainai
Welcome to VBR’s LGBT Spotlight, an on-going, non-consecutive series highlighting my stumbling across LGBT characters in videogames, explicating their use as a character, and examining how their sexuality is treated. This particular post will contain spoilers for Dragon Age: Origins. … Continue reading
Apologies and Housekeeping
First, I wish to apologize. In my post FAGS, I wrote a paragraph which was both erroneous and damaging to my point: I do not absolve Infinity Ward or Activision of any culpability in this. Whether or not the developers … Continue reading
Tagged apology, The Border House
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Dragon Age: White Origins
I will note that while I am critical of Dragon Age in this post, I am enjoying the game and it has taken over most of my gaming time. Ronia is a character I make in most games where I … Continue reading
FAGS
A while ago I made a conscious choice not to address games that have yet to be released, though I never formally codified such a rule. That lacking of a formal code is what brings me here today after Infinity … Continue reading
Tagged language, Modern Warfare 2
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Raydians: Persons of Color
de Blob is deceptively simple. The goals of the game are to combat the evil INKT corporation, who have sapped all the color from Chroma City, and made corporate drones of its citizens, the Raydians. Blob is on a mission … Continue reading
Tagged de Blob, race
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Vorpal Bunny Ranch 