Tag: Pac-Man

• The End of the Year Sharpening: Aguas’ Points in 2024 & Beyond

  Aguas’ Points looks back at 2024.

  Aguas’ Points

  December 31, 2024

  Update

  2024, 2025, End of the Year, games, Pac-Man, Paper Mario, Update, Video Game Criticism, Video Games, writing

• The Lost Crown-ZAU

  

  Gamers and some critics haven’t come a long way since Pac-Man. Tales of Kenzera: ZAU and Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown are an attempt by developers to correct the mistakes of the past.

  Aguas’ Points

  October 14, 2024

  Method, Not A Review

  Metroidvania, Pac-Man, Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown, Surgent Studios, Tales of Kenzera: ZAU, Tōru Iwatani, Ubisoft, Video Games

• A Look Back at the Invasion: Martin Amis’ Critiques the Filthy World of Arcade Games

  

  Invasion of the Space Invaders stands apart from Martin Amis’ oeuvre. It covers an unserious topic, video games.

  Aguas’ Points

  July 24, 2023

  Book Review

  Invasion of the Space Invaders, Martin Amis, Nintendo, Pac-Man, Space Invaders, Steven Spielberg, Tim Rogers, Video Game Addiction, Video Game Criticism, Video Game Magazines

• Never Alone: Video Games as Interactive Design Catalog Review

  

  Never Alone is more than just a book whose primary purpose is to accompany the exhibit that shares its name. Yes, it prepares audiences for the exhibit, but it does so by way of clever descriptions of the 36 video games on exhibition. It imparts relevant background information and is a primer to the concepts…

  Aguas’ Points

  November 15, 2022

  Book Review

  Dwarf Fortress, Everything is Going to Be OK, Henri Cartier-Bresson, Interactive Design, Jenova Chen, Jesper Juul, John Maeda, MOMA, Nathalie Lawhead, Never Alone, Pac-Man, Tempest