Bob Martens

Tag: Video Games

  • Games are not Serious

    Note: This is an old post from the soon-to-be-defunct Slow Gamers. That site is closing, so I’m moving over my Opinion posts from that site to here. In the never-ending quest to “legitimize” games, it feels like we’ve lost something in the process. Maybe it is nostalgia, or maybe wishful thinking, but I don’t think…

  • I Do Not Fear the Remake

    Note: This is an old post from the soon-to-be-defunct Slow Gamers. That site is closing, so I’m moving over my Opinion posts from that site to here. John Siracusa has an awesome take on video game remakes (in light of the recent Wind Waker HD announcement by Nintendo) over at Hypercritical, but I wanted to share my own thoughts on…

  • No Excuses

    Note: This is an old post from the soon-to-be-defunct Slow Gamers. That site is closing, so I’m moving over my Opinion posts from that site to here.     I think that is one funny picture. Michael Barnes at NoHighSchores.com wrote So Sick of Your Excuses this past week and it has garnered quite a bit of…

  • Gaming with Kids

    Note: This is an old post from the soon-to-be-defunct Slow Gamers. That site is closing, so I’m moving over my Opinion posts from that site to here. I still remember being sick in grade school and playing The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time in the cold extra room we had on our first floor.…

  • The Best of Japanese RPGs for Me

    Note: This is an old post from the soon-to-be-defunct Slow Gamers. That site is closing, so I’m moving over my Opinion posts from that site to here. I know that it is getting pretty common to “hate on” the traditional JRPG (Japanese Role-Playing Game). At least I think that is the lingo that the current…