Extra Credits - Daniel Floyd [Embedded Reporter]
Daniel Floyd managed to get himself a regular gig over at The Escapist producing these videos every week. This is what I believe to be the first of those videos about video game narratives. Enjoy!
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Daniel Floyd Returns! [Embedded Reporter/GO]
I put up a Daniel Floyd video early in this site’s life, so it always makes me happy to put his stuff up when he does something new. His argument in the video is pretty sound and it makes me wish I touched more on morality meters in my Mass Effect 2 review. Oh well.
Pew Pew Pew [Game Overview]
Insert another credit, because it’s time for your weekly video game news and you’ve just hit the Game Overview screen. The most amazingly adorable Mega Man ever. See more funny videos and funny pictures at CollegeHumor. Sweet Brothers Art Ever wanted to see some great renditions of the Mario Bros.? Well, BAM! SNES! It’s kind of old news, but here’s a neat way to use an old SNES to connect to a PC and play your carts on an emulator. ...
Daniel Floyd Returns! The Uncanny Valley [Embedded Reporter]
Deep from the trenches, it’s time for your Monday video feature: Embedded Reporter. Daniel Floyd isn’t exactly bursting back on the scene. Actually I just rediscovered my old post about video games and sex and thought I’d look for some new videos. This one’s about the uncanny valley and while it doesn’t say anything most of us in the know aren’t already familiar with, it’s still entertaining.
Embedded Reporter/Game Overview: Daniel Floyd on Sex in Videogames + Editorial
Deep from the trenches, it’s time for your Monday video feature: Embedded Reporter. Here’s a pretty interesting lecture about sex in videogames. Enjoy! It’s sad that we have to deal with the gratuitously stupid brand of sexual immaturity that game developers just love to throw our way, but I don’t see it all disappearing, even with the supposed maturing of the medium. Think about it for a second, did you see, for example, Transformers? It’s never quite as blatant as Dead or Alive Xtreme Beach Volleyball, but remember that scene with Megan Fox where they’re working on Shia LaBeouf’s car? While you didn’t hear me complaining at all in the theater the night I saw that movie, I always know when I’m being pandered to and I find it mildly insulting. ...