Summary:
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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Tag Archives: music and games
Punk is commercialized
When The World Ends With You was released I paid attention to the various reviews and thoughts being bandied about over it. This seemed like an intriguing game that presented a new type of challenge in its combat system. When … Continue reading
Tagged device input, music and games, review
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Intertextuality & Reader-Response
I’m a lover of puns; this is an ability I attribute to having learned multiple languages and having been raised bilingual. Given this admission, I don’t believe it that hard to leap to the conclusion that I am also a … Continue reading
Twin Peaks of Excellence
Despite the problems we may have adapting forms of media amongst themselves, music and videos are something that are generally accepted, and are an artform in and of themselves. One month ago, to the day, I posted about Amanda Palmer’s … Continue reading
Pop Songs
Warning: Xiu Xiu (pronounced ‘shoo shoo’) is not to everyone’s taste (though this album is perhaps among their more easily accessed), but as they subvert traditional pop songs quite commonly, I feel this video is of interest to those gamers … Continue reading
Glitching the System
(This YouTube video was posted for the song more than the visuals.) Videogame music has its niche. With bands like The Advantage and The Minibosses (along with a slew of others) we have a new form of cover band–those that … Continue reading
Amanda Palmer’s Guitar Hero
A while ago Leigh Alexander’s Sexy Videogameland asked the question, What’s Our Mandate? The post concerned itself with a gamer’s sense of reality, the world around her, and how the two did or did not connect. Tonight, I recalled this … Continue reading
Vorpal Bunny Ranch 