Tag: Video Games

• Pause & Select Vs. Aguas’ Points: Cultural Studies Media Mix Sing Along

  

  “I’ve seen my fair share of people call me pretentious. I just got a comment twenty minutes ago on Twitter right before this conversation. I get my fair share of “the language is pretentious! This is too jargony! People are not going to understand this!”

  Aguas’ Points

  June 13, 2025

  Interview

  Academia, Anime, BlazBlue: Cross Tag Battle, Command & Conquer: Tiberian Sun, Criticism, Haters, Hating, Isekai, Jacques Derrida, Japan, Mary Douglas, Mass Effect, Pause & Select, Persona 4, Persona 5, Steven Suan, The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim, Timothy Morton, Video Essay, Video Games, YouTube

• 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

• Is It a Profound Waste of Time? Thoughts on Issue One of a Magazine Inspired by Video Games

  

  The magazine A Profound Waste of Time (APWOT), subtitled “inspired by video games” caught my attention during its Kickstarter campaign in 2016. Its title illustrates a dilemma that many serious lovers of video games experience. I knew that I had to read and write about APWOT.

  Aguas’ Points

  August 10, 2022

  A Profound Waste of Time, Not A Review

  2046 Read Only Memories, A Profound Waste of Time, Adrian Piper, APWOT, Final Fantasy XV, Game Studies, Indie Games, Kickstarter, Nintendo, Sega, Video Games