In his PopMatters article “Fearing God, Fearing the Body: The Theology of ‘The Binding of Isaac’”, G. Christopher Williams discusses various aspects of Edmund McMillen and Florian Himsl’s ingenious (and mildly blasphemous) Zelda/Roguelike hybrid, The Binding of Isaac. Although his reading of the game astutely homes in on the “meatier” parts of Isaac - that …
By Martyn Zachary
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Posted in Featured, Side by Side
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Also tagged Abjection, Edmund McMillen, Florian Himsl, G. Christopher Williams, Geoffrey Galt Harpham, PopMatters, Roguelike, Søren Kierkegaard, Team Meat, The Binding of Isaac, The Grotesque, The Uncanny, Zelda
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I’ve not been as active on the Slowdown as I’ve liked lately, something I hope to rectify this year. As it happens, I was actually playing games! Which left me with less time to write about them. 2010 was a very busy gaming year for me; the sheer number of quality titles was staggering, and …
By Nabeel Burney
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Posted in Reviews, Two Cents
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Also tagged 2K Marin, Angry Birds, Assassin's Creed 2, Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood, BioShock 2, BioWare, Flotilla, Frozen Synapse, Game Dev Studio, Humble Bundle, Mass Effect, Mass Effect 2, Recettear, Revenge of the Titans, VVVVVV
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