My First Visit to D.C. Since Playing Fallout 3 (2009)

March 8, 2009 - Shenanigans

Pretty trippy!  The poor weather of last weekend severely diminished the usual crowds, and the unusual emptiness of the National Mall added to the weird effect of my many inappropriately overlaid spatial memories.  I found myself somewhat more alert than usual heading through Metro stations.  This is excellent; I demand more first-person perspective games set in surreal versions of real-world locations.  No other medium can infect your sense of place like games.

Related Posts

  • Dear Miss Bonelihearts: Morrigan and the ScrubsDear Miss Bonelihearts: Morrigan and the Scrubs Oh damn, looks like I got some more search traffic since the last time I did this! The time has come once again to answer the pressing queries of people who mash stuff into Google to get […]
  • Pieces of StoryPieces of Story Telling good stories in games is hard. Interactivity screws up a lot of the things we associate with good storytelling, such as pacing, control of the audience’s knowledge, and and […]
  • MIXTAPE: Burn It All DownMIXTAPE: Burn It All Down rat chaos (2012) j chastain So here's how I assemble these mixtapes. I play short games all the time. If I notice several games with a similar theme, I throw the titles into an […]