If you’ve been tuning in to our Sidequests (and if you haven’t, you’ve go to our episodes page and start working on that 100% completion!), then you’ve heard a few of my minute-long Let’s Plays of Buzzfeed quizzes. Well folks, because I am addicted to the internet’s favorite “news” site, I’m starting a new feature…
Author: talkthissisters
10 Thoughts in 10 Hours: Emma Plays “Persona 5”
1. This intro though I remember watching the first version of this intro my senior year of high school when I was working in the Writing Center. I proceeded to force my friend Isabel to watch it too, and then I watched it like five more times until I actually had to stop because I…
She Works Hard for the Money (She Plays Casually for Fun and/or Experience)
Emma muses on how different professions are portrayed in games. OBJECTION! Emma mostly rambles. Okay, you got me there.
Explorers, Killers, Achievers, and Socializers: Why We Like Different Kinds of Games
So, in the same way we all like different types of movies, books, and TV, we all like different types of games. Shocker, right? But there’s actually been a lot of research done into our motivations behind why we like the games we like. One way to look at it is player types. The oldest…
Masochistic Gamers: Why We Like Games that Torture Us
Why do we like games that make us cry, scream, fling our controller, sleep with the lights on, despair at our existence, etc? Here’s some of Emma’s musings.
Talk This: The Prequel
Welcome to the Talk This blog! To commemorate our first episode going live this afternoon (have you subscribed and listened yet? You really should!), I’m going to give you all a behind-the-scenes peek into the development of the podcast. Emma and I have had a blast getting this off the ground, and we’re excited to share…