What are liminal spaces and why do we fear them? We play the game “NaissanceE” to explore the survival of haunting architectures and how “The Backrooms” became such an iconic setting. If you like these and other blog posts and want them to continue, please consider donating via https://ko-fi.com/henriquelage…

We start another month of Halloween with another Castlevania game, already a tradition in the channel. After covering one of the worst and one of the least appreciated, it was time to talk about one of the best considered, or, at least, the version that exists in Japan because…

In this new video, we will analyze how “Disco Elysium” reinvents the CRPG genre, how it uses role-playing games as a tool to reflect on our identity, how our identity relates to our ideology and the role of labor exploitation in a capitalist world. Controversies! Quotes to intellectuals! …

I promised it three years ago and here it is: an analysis of the video game adaptations of the absurd humor manga and anime series “Bobobo-bo Bo-bobo” and the different genres it adopts to see to what extent the mechanics of a game determine the tone with which we…

You choose your alignment, your class, the items you carry and embark on a dark fantasy adventure full of terrifying creatures, legendary weapons and a heavy melancholy… in a game that doesn’t exist. We analyze Plastiboo’s book “Vermis” and its role as a hypertext of an imaginary video game…

Everyone knows the legend: new “Dragon Quest” games are released on Saturdays to avoid collapsing the country’s productivity since “Dragon Quest III” came out, but… And why is this particular installment the most revered of the saga? If you like these and other blog posts and want them to…

A series of novels, a cursed movie and a forgotten video game. This is a story about how the Disney license fell into the hands of a future director of erotic video games and how he created a game that incited you to disobey the narrative he was adapting. …

The release of “HROT” serves as an excuse to talk about ‘boomer shooters’. Is it simply a wave of nostalgia or a design philosophy? What are the characteristics by which we can name genres in video games? And why is there a horse with a gas mask here? If…

The game that consolidated the saga did so through greater interactivity with the environment, making it, for many years, one of the best games in history. The consequences of its popularity not only changed subsequent “The Legend of Zelda” games, but inspired a multitude of later classics that tried…