Wayne Santos | Toronto-based writer and game journalist
Games As ArtI don’t think there’s going to be an answer in my lifetime, but I still think it’s worth considering. Since people now acknowledge that movies and comic books can aspire to Art, why is it that games are still in the cultural ghetto?The thing that confuses me about this even more is [...]
The BreatherWhee, quiet.I guess it must be because Christmas is looming. While there is some work to be done, none of it is particularly pressing, so it’s one of those days where things can be a little more free n’ easy. Dragon Quest VIII has been finished. Sort of. I mean, [...]
Neil-O Makes His Presence Known Once More
Though not in the way I expected.
I was trolling through his blog as usual, envying him and wishing I was Neil-O instead of just plain ol’ me, when I noticed that one of his posts was from Singapore. Apparently while he was here back in July, he also paid [...]
The Quick Sunday Night PostLazy Sunday, nearly finished with my news article, it should be off by tomorrow afternoon. Also mucked around a bit with From Russia With Love, a game I’d reviewed earlier. It still holds up to my initial review and I stand by it; it’s a puff piece. No [...]
More Domestic StuffAside from finishing up Gun (Still haven’t finished the review, though I’ve started it) the only other thing done this weekend was our first Christmas shopping trip as a married couple, which was consummately weird, because all of a sudden I had to consider things like shopping for the in-laws, and it looks [...]
The Somewhat Busy But Not In Any Interesting Way FridayWhich is to say, played Gun for a good portion of the afternoon. I have come to the conclusion that I like this game, it’s quite good, but not quite great. Still, I see a lot of potential what Neversoft has already done here [...]
Have Gun, Will Shoot Anything That Moves
Much like the wild west itself, the game Gun tends to be beautiful, and empty, occasionally punctuated by some old fashioned action. I like it, though it’s a slower paced compared to the likes of Doom 3 and the rest of the FPS ilk. It borrows heavily from [...]
Lawyers & CowpokesLawyer game is still not done, but I think I’ve just about got it licked. I’m pretty sure I’m on the last case anyway. Considering how much of a stickler for detail they’re requiring me to be now, and adding onto that the kind of twisted–but still intriguing–logic they leap on sometimes to [...]
Legal OverloadWas up all night and nearly all day today playing the Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney.Man, that is pathetic…
I’m An Amoral, Scum Sucking LawyerOr at least, thanks to the Nintendo Dual Screen, I can play one on the go.
Even though I don’t have to review it, I still managed to get a hold–courtesy of GameAxis–of a copy of Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney.
Yep, that’s right, a video game about lawyers.You play the eponymous lawyer [...]