Character and Story
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Odin Sphere: The Story So Far
It’s been about a month since I last played Odin Sphere. On Sunday I played for six, maybe seven, hours (with a break in the middle), finishing the “Valkyrie” story and making, I think, significant progress in “The Pooka Prince” story. I finished “Valkyrie” in a little over ten hours,…
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Mirror’s Edge
Mirror’s Edge was developed by Stockholm-based Digital Illusions Creative Entertainment (DICE) and published by EA Games (EA also owns DICE). It is set in a near-future city governed by an oppressive, totalitarian administration. Many citizens have either rejected the false, controlled perfection of mainstream society or are excluded from it.…
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Comparing Female Protagonists: Portal and Mirror’s Edge
Over at The Hathor Legacy, a blog about women and gender issues in media, Kris Ligman wrote a post comparing Portal (2007)and Mirror’s Edge (2008). I disagreed with most of it, and I will go through the main points. Ligman asserts that Mirror’s Edge was trying to copy Portal, and based upon superficial evidence, she…