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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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I am not Jokanaan
When I learned that Tale of Tales was working on a game inspired by Oscar Wilde’s play Salomé, I grew excited. There are many reasons I love the play, and among them is that when I read it and start … Continue reading
Charted! Mapped!
Spoilers for Uncharted: Drake’s Fortune lie ahead. Theater in Medieval times is not often brought up for lengthy discussions; there wasn’t much. This was the era of mystical, mystery, and morality plays. Setting their themes to those of the Bible, … Continue reading
Ch-ch-changes
I am now an official writer over at GayGamer.net. Appropriately, I am known as VorpalBunny over there. The plan is to write a post to be published at 14.00 EST every weekday. Here’s my first article, thanks to Simon Ferrari. … Continue reading
Jean Armstrong
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 both Phoenix Wright: … Continue reading
Sex in der Wüste
Among the complaints leveled at Fallout 3 was the fact that some features of the previous titles had been removed: notably killing children and the exploration of sexuality. The only act of sex to be sought after in the game … Continue reading
Tagged Fallout, Fallout 3
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Hum-drum Morality
I’ve been replaying Fallout 3 with its DLC and along a different moral path (the first time was as a good character, which seems, for me at the very least, the easiest path to choose from a narrative stance). This … Continue reading
Tagged Fallout, Fallout 3, morality
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Abu’l Nuqoud
This will be part of 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 Assassin’s Creed. Assassin’s … Continue reading
Tagged Assassin's Creed, LGBT Spotlight
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Maslow, Peter Maslow
The Sims franchise is known to have had a simple start: imagining a simulation game where one progressed through Maslow’s Hierarchy: The needs a particular Sim has are based on this model of what we, as human beings, need in … Continue reading
Tagged narrative, Sims 3
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Love Life
A Game is Worth a Thousand Words: What would one of your favorite pieces of non-interactive art look like if it had been created as a game first? May’s topic challenges you to imagine that the artist had been a … Continue reading
Fear No Art
Playing the mediums. Thus far this blog has primarily served as commentary and critiques. Reviews frighten me, as I am horrid at assigning scores (I agonize over my Goodreads list quite frequently). I’ve not really focused on the question of … Continue reading
Tagged art and games, literature
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Vorpal Bunny Ranch 