A few of the pleasures of Kirby’s Epic Yarn: becoming a bump behind the landscape curtain, the ropey water spilling forth from his firetruck hose, the way some ground just barely bends beneath his step. When I play this Kirby, my first of the series, I feel its texture. I feel it with my eyes. […]
Towards a ‘Close-Playing’ of Super Mario Bros. *Originally presented at the Form, Culture, & Video Game Criticism conference on March 6th, 2004. Do you have what it takes to save the Mushroom Princess? You’ll have to think fast and move even faster to complete this quest! The Mushroom Princess is being held captive by the […]