LEVEL UP: FINDING MEANING IN THE MISERY OF THE HARDEST LEVELS Aliroman Amini·February 6, 2023I’ve been playing a LOT of Dark Souls games recently, so obviously my brain worms want to talk...ColumnsFront Page·0 Comments·0·17 views
LEVEL UP: SENSE AND PLAYABILITY IN HORROR GAMES Aliroman Amini·January 9, 2023Content warning for references of self harm and death, and spoilers for Doki Doki Literature Club. Five Nights...ColumnsFront Page·0 Comments·0·16 views
LEVEL UP: THE FALSE PURSUIT OF OBJECTIVE CRITICISM IN VIDEO GAMES HARMS PLAYERS’ EXPERIENCE Aliroman Amini·November 5, 2022The idea of objective criticism emerges often in the gaming community. It is inevitable that a player will...Columns·0 Comments·0·7 views
LEVEL UP: OVERLAPPING GENRES CAUSE DIVISION IN VIDEO GAME COMMUNITIES Aliroman Amini·October 6, 2022Gaming is a relatively new art form and a very complex one, so we’re only now starting to...Columns·0 Comments·0·7 views
LEVEL UP: THE DIFFICULTY OF DEFINING DIFFICULTY Aliroman Amini·September 1, 2022Talking about difficulty in video games is like asking to start a dumpster fire. This topic is easily...Columns·0 Comments·0·13 views
Level Up: Self-Acceptance in Solidarity Aliroman Amini·July 11, 2022Relating to a character and seeing one’s own story in them, as well as the feelings they elicit,...Columns·0 Comments·0
Level Up: The Most Memorable Introduction Aliroman Amini·June 3, 2022Welcome to the first entry to Growing With Games, a column about the meaningfulness of games as art....Columns·0 Comments·0
Queer Space: Gender? IDGAF. Aliroman Amini·May 4, 2022So, gender is not binary. I will be writing this piece assuming the readers are aware of this...Columns·0 Comments·0·2 views
Queer Space: video games must level up their representation of queer folks Aliroman Amini·March 8, 2022Now that video games are a significantly more mainstream art form, there is a much higher demand for...Columns·0 Comments·0·3 views
