The implication of every Indiana Jones, every Uncharted: Drake’s Fortune is that these gentleman thieves eventually plan on leaving their discoveries somewhere the rest of the world can benefit. I hate to dropquote in the beginning of an article, but “the rest of the world” often means “parts of the world primarily inhabited by white…
PATH OF THE JEDI
OR “SOUND IN JEDI KNIGHT: DARK FORCES II” By Porter Simmons I saw Star Wars for the first time when I was three. My parents, who were going out for the night for this or that, dropped me off at my grandparents’ house so my uncle could watch me while they were away. Shortly after…
QUARANTINE GAMES: UMURANGI GENERATION
Almost every year I find myself once again in a specific kind of haze. It’s candy colored and green haired, often fueled by alcohol and drugs. A two or a three hour drive to a place I see people I sometimes don’t see the rest of the year. Out comes the camera and an…
WOLVES HAUNT MY BEDROOM
Everywhere we walk through is haunted or will never be haunted, those are the distinctions. The old brick buildings can be spaces for something new. Straight lines and assembled windows, they might stay empty. Something in my head knows it’s just about time for another Resident Evil. Surrounded by wingnut republicans and apocalypse fetishists who…
LIFE AND CONCRETE
I’m thinking, staring at my computer at 3am, that I hope this is some kind of renaissance. AS I have been doing for the last few days – the only video game I have had time for is called Session. Released only relatively recent, it’s one of many recent skateboarding related affairs. I want to…
DRAGON QUEST BUILDERS 2
this sort of thing would normally come out at the end of a month. if you want us to do it regularly, please consider supporting us on patreon. consider this our apology for letting our writer out in public: It seems like years and years ago I made some sort of vague promise to…
GAME OF THE DECADE
disclaimer: we don’t know why we wrote this In just a few short weeks, DEEP HELL DOT COM will have been around for three whole years. Started initially as a creative exercise, the fact that we’re still here and still making things continues to surprise us every day. We started DEEP HELL DOT COM…
ONCE AGAIN (november review)
The blurb on THE NINJA WARRIORS ONCE AGAIN Amazon page is “Significantly enhanced remake of one of the best Japanese side-scrolling beat-me-up games of all time!” This bit of hyperbole could be mistaken for a selling point, or, it could be the absolute truth. Looking at just the first few words and then turning the…
UNLUCKY SKIN
One of my brother’s knees is six shards of bone held together by wire. The rest of him doesn’t fair much better, and not purely because of anything he was born with. A life of retail and wage-labor jobs, of skateboarding and heavy drinking will do that to you. In my own way, my own…
DON’T GO REMAKING MY HEART
please consider supporting us on Patreon if you liked this content. DON’T GO REMAKING MY HEART There will always be people too poor to play videogames. Outside the realm of criticism, fuck, maybe even inside of it – someone’s experience with the medium will be dictated by what they can afford. After all, a…