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Showing posts with label Introduction. Show all posts

Tuesday, February 16, 2016

Information about this blog

This blog is going to be my way of exploring and sharing the plots, themes and meanings within video-games, popular or well-loved, through a literature major's eyes. As a 20 year old English major with an almost border-line obsession with games that have great stories or messages, I feel that I am always arguing that gaming is not always childish.

As a kid growing up in West Virginia, I spent my time embarking on imagined quests in the woods with my friends and experiencing fantastic worlds through a tiny box in my living room.


While all of my other friends "grew out" of video-games, dedicating their time to playing at adulthood, I began to see a whole new side to what my childish mind had once seen as only magic. Persuading my neighbor to let me borrow each new Game Informer magazine subscription he got in the mail opened my eyes to the fact that adults can still enjoy and talk about video-games.

I want this blog to be a place where I can unload years of literary theory and terminology onto something I actually enjoy, gaming. However, even with my love for playing and discussing games, there will always be titles that I miss out on or overlook. 

Feel free to share your own experiences with games, scenes or settings that immersed you in their own world. Tell me about the games that you loved as a kid, suggest ones I should look at now or that you feel should have a bigger following. Whether you want to just read my posts or argue heatedly with me, I would love to discuss different games with you. 

I hope everyone has a wonderful day and thanks so much for reading.

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