Nicholas H Battjes

Video games are just massive sets of rules really. But do you ever find yourself thinking that a certain game should have had some other ones? I oftentimes find myself making up rules for myself while playing a game, either to get more into the character I'm playing or just t ...more

I rarely find myself shopping at GameStop and its ilk for games anymore. Most of the time I buy them (which I do all too frequently) either online or at second-hand game stores. About 80% of my game purchases in the last year have been downloads. How do you buy games? Large ...more

Is there a game we should be playing that we are not? Enlighten us.

Indie is one of the slipperiest cultural terms in modern America.  What makes a game indie?  Can a game that has a publisher be one? If so, how big of a publisher? Do graphics, music, and style have anything to do with an indie classification? I like arguing in circles att ...more

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