Author Archives: AJ Sison

Narrative is hard. Being in post production myself, I avoid the stress of creating a succession of events that gets the audience emotionally invested. But the recognition and results of a good narrative is rewarding for creator and consumer alike. The Last of Us excels at this. In this journal, I’m going to dive intoContinue reading “Play Journal #5”

For this Play Journal, I want to talk about the successful aesthetics of Assassin’s Creed Syndicate. AC Syndicate is the 9th installment in the Assassin’s lineup starring a pair of twin assassins in Victoria era London. With that sentence alone, you can predict a lot of aesthetics. I played this game when it originally cameContinue reading “Play Journal #4”

For this Play Journal, I played Limbo, an unapologetically morbid yet entertaining platformer. This game has simple rules but the creativity of the mechanics generates puzzles demanding the player’s reflexes and intellect. According to Fullerton, rules do three things: “define objects and concepts” (Fullerton 77), “restrict actions” (79), and “determine effects” (79). Limbo plays heavilyContinue reading “Play Journal #3”

For this assignment, Osvaldo “Oz” Jimenez and I went to Arcade UFO. Our game of choice was Mappy, the 1983 Namco game.  I’ve never heard of this game, but right out the gate I could see elements of the classic arcade that Rouse discussed. It’s a platformer where you play a mouse police and haveContinue reading “Play Journal #1”

Be yourself; Everyone else is already taken. — Oscar Wilde. This is the first post on my new blog. I’m just getting this new blog going, so stay tuned for more. Subscribe below to get notified when I post new updates.

This is an example post, originally published as part of Blogging University. Enroll in one of our ten programs, and start your blog right. You’re going to publish a post today. Don’t worry about how your blog looks. Don’t worry if you haven’t given it a name yet, or you’re feeling overwhelmed. Just click theContinue reading “Introduce Yourself (Example Post)”