“No Going Back”: Hope and Nostalgia in ‘The Walking Dead’
The types of decisions I made at the end of season two were heartfelt ones, but they’re not practical and they’re not the kinds of decisions that keep people alive.
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Moving Pixels Podcast: Dictators and Dead Guys
This week we discuss "In Harm's Way," the middle episode of The Walking Dead game.
Searching for Dramatic Stakes in ‘The Wolf Among Us’
Episode four of The Wolf Among Us feels mostly unnecessary. Maybe this is a sign that Telltale should mix up their episodic structure some more.
Masculinity in ‘The Walking Dead: In Harm’s Way’
These blasted landscapes between civilization and chaos reveal how vacuous normative roles can be.
Moving Pixels Podcast: Little Human, Big Apocalypse
This week we consider the position that this season of The Walking Dead puts us in as we step into the shoes of a most vulnerable survivor, a child.
Telltale’s Abuse of Nostalgia
The first episode of the second season of The Walking Dead felt like a statement that this season wasn’t beholden to the past. Episode 2 turns this season into one too afraid of change to properly move on.
The Walking Dead Season Two, Episode 2
Clementine is an 11-year-old girl in an incredibly hostile world, and often her only tool to aid in her survival is language. Escaping danger, saving lives, condemning others are all based on the careful application of words.
That Transcendent Moment
It’s easy to be great when no one expects anything. It’s harder to live up to greatness mired in nostalgia.
Illusions, Interactivity, and ‘The Wolf Among Us’
Part of what makes a great game great is how well it fosters its own illusion.
Moral Perspectives in ‘The Walking Dead’
Make no mistake, this is not a coming of age story. There is no moral truth to be had here, only complex, ever shifting moral perspectives to grapple with.