BriceMorrison.com Life is a Game

I finally got my hands on a copy of EA Maxis’ and Will Wright’s Spore, the “evolution simulator” that takes players on a journey from a one-celled organism all the way to conquering the galaxy, without skipping much in between.   If you’ve read about the game (and it has been widely covered), then you know [...]

Games have at their disposal the tools of every other media: artwork, music, movement, narrative, and character development.  Thus, games should be more than capable of the same feats as their competing media.  If a film can make you cry, so too should games be able to make you cry.  If a story can cause [...]