The Short is an attempt to document our gaming lives: what's happening in the industry, what we think is worth noting, or even what we were playing last night.
Not Capsized: A Paradise Perfect Boat Rescue Review
Tom Auxier | Friday, June 7, 2013 
When I get bored, and when people are visiting, I tend to bust out emulators. I don’t do it for the well-known games, the ones you can buy on Virtual Console. No, I emulate so I can play the tremendously bad games of yesteryear.
Now, someone might ask, “What the fuck …
Mechanics And The Message In Kentucky Route Zero
Jason Rice | Tuesday, June 4, 2013 You walk really god damn slow in Kentucky Route Zero. Conway, as close to a protagonist as you can get in that game, suffers a traumatic injury to his leg in the first act, reducing him to a limping mess. For the entire second act you find yourself shuffling around, …
Dust 514 and The Lobby
Caitlin Oram | Monday, June 3, 2013 
I’m tired of this shit. I mean, up to this point I’ve been willing to play along and try to help people understand that yes, some gamers have female genitalia and self-identify with that gender, and yes, they just want to play. Usually it’s harmless – a kid yesterday asked …
Retro Game Music Bundle: Nostalgia-riffic
Caitlin Oram | Friday, May 31, 2013 
A music bundle relying on nostalgia is an amusing move, especially for someone who didn’t play any of the classic games showcased in the new “Retro” Game Music Bundle. But even though I don’t have the nostalgia, I am really enjoying the music.
Just Another Day On Rook Island
Jason Rice | Monday, May 27, 2013 
I’m watching them from the bushes. There are five of them, at least five that I can see through the lens of my camera. One on the roof, two patrolling the gate, one in the door of a shack, and the last sitting on the ground next to his dog. …
How to Be a Thrifty Gamer
Samer Farag | Friday, May 17, 2013 
My gaming has always been on a budget. When I was a kid, I bought videogames about three times a year. This has led me to do three things ever since:
1. Research games that had the longest amount of gameplay.
2. Achieve a certain level of cognitive dissonance by enjoying every …
Killing God At 24, Part 1: Introduction
Adam Harshberger | Thursday, May 16, 2013 The single greatest line of videogame advertising copy I’ve ever read sits, in a retro-future sans serif, on the back of the packaging for Squaresoft’s insane JRPG, Xenogears: “Stand tall and shake the heavens.”
I encountered that magnificent group of the words for the first time in the summer of …
This Week on PODFVEA: LOL
Caitlin Oram | Monday, May 13, 2013 
PODFVEA: Pixels Or Death Free Videogame Enjoyment Association
This week: League of Legends.
Wednesday the 15th, 5:30 PM PST, we’re gonna get a group together and play some League of Legends. The game style will depend on how many show up, so we’ll see!
I don’t have it up now, but I’ll post …
PODFVEA: Pixels Or Death Free Videogame Enjoyment Association
Caitlin Oram | Friday, May 3, 2013 We at Pixels or Death love video games. If you’re here, you probably do too. So we all like video games, and there are a bunch of good free ones out there – so this Wednesday marks the first of our weekly event:
PODFVEA: Pixels Or Death Free Videogame Enjoyment Association
Every …
A Closer Look At The New GTA V Character Trailer
Jason Rice | Thursday, May 2, 2013 For the entire time I’ve been teaching, there have been three video game series that come up time and time again among my students: Pokemon, Super Smash Bros., and the perennial favorite, Grand Theft Auto. Everybody has a GTA story, a tale of wanton destruction and abuse of prostitutes. Rockstar’s …
