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From the Archives - Musings on The Last Jedi
This was an opinion piece I posted on Medium on December 15th 2017;Â the day after I saw The Last Jedi. It was a phenomenal film that shatter

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Feb 20, 20195 min read
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From the Archives - Affordances In Scribblenauts: Enabling Creativity
This essay was written in 2014 for a critical game theory unit that was part of my uni degree. It was for a 3rd year unit so the level of ex

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Feb 20, 20195 min read
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From the Archives - Always Sometimes Monsters Review (PC)
This was a review of Always Sometimes Monsters which I wrote for Hittin' Crits in May 2014. I probably won't be posting many of my o

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Feb 20, 20196 min read
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From the Archives - The Sims 3 Into The Future Preview (PC)
This was a preview of the Into The Future expansion pack for The Sims 3 which I wrote for Hittin' Crits. It was published in October 201

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Feb 20, 20196 min read
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From the Archives - Interview with Jon Airhart on Dead Rising 3
This was an interview I did with Jon Airhart at an Xbox One preview event for Hittin' Crits sometime in 2013. I was really happy with th

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Feb 20, 201911 min read
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From the Archives - Ted Price Interview on FUSE
This interview was originally posted alongside a FUSE preview on Hittin' Crits sometime in 2013. It was a daunting interview to do becau

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Feb 20, 20197 min read
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From the Archives - The Forgotten Pawn
Anyone who knows me knows that Dragon's Dogma is one of my favourite games of all time. It's janky, sure, but it's so inventive

Josh Whittington
Feb 20, 20197 min read
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From the Archives - Mechanics and Imagery in Persona 4's Boss Battles
This post is from one of my old blogs, and was posted on January 7th 2013. When I played through Persona 4 Golden after getting some games c

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Feb 20, 20196 min read
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From the Archives - Survivor’s Dilemma: Being Disadvantaged by Morality in DayZ
This article is an assignment from one of my game theory classes I took at uni in 2012. We were only allowed 1,500 words (give or take 10%,

Josh Whittington
Feb 20, 20199 min read
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From the Archives - PlayStation All-Stars Battle Royale Review (PS3)
This was my first ever professional game review, written for Bigpond GameArena. Unfortunately the site was shut down shortly afterwards, pre

Josh Whittington
Feb 20, 201910 min read
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From the Archives - Interview with Ralph Fulton on Forza Horizon
This was my first ever interview, which was recorded for a magazine that was never published sometime in 2012, and I realised I had no way t

Josh Whittington
Feb 20, 201910 min read
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From The Archives - Are Video Games a Suitable Medium for War Stories?
This was originally posted on an old blog of mine on June 15th 2012. I was just starting to think about games more critically and write out

Josh Whittington
Feb 19, 201910 min read
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