Essays & Reviews On Video Games
The Confusing Plot of "Modern Warfare 2" and 5 Alternate Endings
by Justin Stewart
I’m going to discuss what I think was wrong with the story of the game in some detail, so if you want to avoid spoilers (for both Call of Duty 4 and Modern Warfare 2), don’t read any further until you’ve finished the game. This article is pretty much nothing but spoilers from here on out. If you mount this article on the back of your car, I bet it’ll go faster; that’s how big of a spoiler we’re talking here.
Review of James Cameron's Avatar: The Game for XBOX 360
by Justin Stewart
I can say from experience, if someone offers to buy you a ticket to the latest blockbuster in exchange for your promise to review the inevitable tie-in video game, the best course of action would be to run away screaming. Boarding up your windows and cursing fate for your misfortune is optional but recommended. DO NOT take the deal. I did, and look where I ended up: reviewing Avatar the Game...
Time it Takes to Figure Out I Hate a Game
by Justin Stewart
Unfortunately and paradoxically, not all video games are fun and games. Sometimes, I play a game for a while and realize that I don’t really like it. The amount of time it takes to achieve this revelation varies, but it often only takes a single problem for me to lose all respect for a game and give up on it. Here are some examples. Perhaps you can relate.
Video Games As an Educational Tool
by Don Stacy
Video games get a bum rap. Much too often, they are blamed for making kids violent, giving them short attention spans in school, depicting an unrealistic view of the world, or just for being a complete waste of time. But I beg to differ.
On Gender and Video Games
by Tracy Campbell
“I don’t understand how boys can play on and on and on,” my hometown friend said as we drove home from seeing a movie over Christmas Break. I laughed at her and asked her why. She said that she just couldn’t understand it; girls don’t play video games…at least not that much.
