LEVEL UP: REMEMBERING LOCAL MULTIPLAYER Aliroman Amini·July 12, 2023As part of the Laurier Pride Society, I’ve been playing a lot of party games with my friends....ColumnsFront Page·0 Comments·0
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...Columns·0 Comments·0
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...Columns·0 Comments·0
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
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
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
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
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
