Gamer on a Budget #4 – The Misadventures of P.B. Winterbottom
Presentation aside, what makes P.B. really stand out is it introduces two impressive, mind-bending mechanics…
Columns
Welcome to Winterwind’s Columns section.
Our regular and guest writers cover a wide range of subjects. Humour, the arts and sciences, social commentary, “subject no object”, all are welcome. Well, within the bounds of good taste of course. And that’s subjective so…
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Roxette – Don’t It Make You Feelgood?
Quite simply, Marie was born to sing and Per, raised on the Beatles, Elvis and Tom Petty, requires music in the way other humans need oxygen…
Criminal Glue
Yet could it be that crime and social stability go beyond the concoctions of conspiracy theorists, and instead have been the most unlikely bedfellows since the first settled human communities gave rise to more sophisticated social fabrics?
Gamer on a Budget #3 – The Binding of Issac
Whoa. I was not ready for this one. First, we’ll talk about the game’s mechanics and playability before I touch on the elephant in the room…
Gamer on a Budget #2 – Dear Esther
Dear Esther is an interesting and worthy experiment in digital narration. As movies and literature encounter their limitations more and more, it seems gaming is picking up the slack.
Gamer on a Budget #1 – Organ Trail: Director’s Cut
As the first digital gaming generation ages, we see some companies target our wallets with weaponized nostalgia. Sometimes this is a horrible misstep and we are subjected to crap ala Duke Nukem Forever, but sometimes it really pays off…
Return to Sender
This column, on interacting with celebrities and heroes, by John Davies, was published on the old Winterwind Productions site in July, 2013.
I Don’t Speak French, Mais ce n’est pas un Problème
This column, about the work of singer/songwriter Mylene Farmer, by John Davies, was published on the old Winterwind Productions site in July, 2013.
Postscript to ‘A Selfish Morality?’
This Camera Obscura column, in response to discussion on the original article, both by Jez Strickley, appeared in Issue 19 of The Winterwind Papers ezine, December, 2012.
Brotherhood
This column, on friendship and brotherhood, by Joseph Cousineau, appeared in Issue 19 of The Winterwind Papers ezine, December, 2012.