Oh hey!
I'm former male model and celebrity nutritionist Panzadolphin56. This is my blog. I write things here.
...in case the blog bit didn't give that away.
Anyway! To the left you'll find my latest blogs, and beneath this you'll find a fairly comprehensive list of most of what I've written over the years (unfortunately some stuff does eventually get bumped off the list.)
I like to write from a fairly critical standpoint about games, usually analysis or talking about issues that interest me, I also do retrospectives from time to time, talk about games I've been playing, write the funny things that come into my head, and very occasionally do some crappy art.
I hope you enjoy what you read!
I also do Lets Plays (mostly old horror games) so if that's your thing then click here:
https://www.youtube.com/user/godi3400 Everyone who clicks will not win a million dollars!
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A little about me:
I am mostly a story person, good mechanics are good mechanics but button pressing never does anything for me. I like Horror, I like Cyberpunk, I like Neo-Noir (especially crossed with Cyberpunk), I like good art and good writing, I like games that cut against the grain or choose to challenge social or industry norms in some way.
I don't have a single favourite game but I am a big fan of the MGS games, Snatcher, the Forbidden Siren series, Silent Hill 2, the old-school Resident Evils, Advance Wars and Power Dolls, among many, many others.
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Critical Pieces:
How ugly should Horror really be? Of Inventories and Horror Games Crafting A Good Game of 'The Thing' Alien(s), Creative license and Borrowed Ideas Crossing from TV/Movie to Games Scope and Depth in the world of gaming Boss Battles - When do they ever make sense? Survival Horror Essentials Colonial Marines: Well, that kind of sucked... Disability, Disease in Games Blood 2 and Post-Modernism Topics, Tropes and Atmosphere in Horror games Realism Vs. Fantasy - Who Wins? The gradual drift away from the mainstream Is There Horror in The Ugly...? The Fourth Wall and taking games seriously Are You Always Online? Hype: Aliens Vs. Predator To shoot stuff or not to shoot stuff? Character Design and Choice in Games Culture Vs. Creativity: Where do Stories come from? Where you go Isometric-Strategy Games? What's the Point of Games? Do Horror games even still exist...? Why are Characters Always so White...? Choice in Games: Heavy Rain A Magical Dolphin Plays:
Claire Sepulchre The King of the Wood Retrospectives:
Resident Evil Remake Aliens Vs Predator 2 Sweet Home Forbidden Siren System Shock 2 Pick up and Plays:
Call of Cthulhu and the Spectre of Good Horror Story Books and Nightmares in Rule of Rose B-Movie Bliss: Extermination Along for the ride with Michigan: Report From Hell Some thoughts on Wargame: European Escalation Skyrim: Impressions Funny/Less Critical Stuff:
Get Yo Summer Game On Lazyblog: Box Art Escaping into the Darkness of Hellnight Diversity what what?!?: Black Mamba Edition Why Do We Still Have Exploding Barrels...? Art:
Dead Space 3, in a nut shell. CROSSOVER: Mario X Siren Boss: Learning the Tools of the Trade Front Pages:
Tales from Skyrim: The skinhead shopkeep
Hello there, so I am Panzadolphin56 and I thought I would do something a little different with this blog from my usual writings. I do actually have a number of things written up that I need to find space to put up at some point but I f...