Category Archives: Laquana Cooke

First anniversary: What we’ve learned

Posted on October 12, 2014 by Gaines Hubbell

For Higher Level Gamer’s one year anniversary, I thought we’d share what we learned while writing for HLG this past year. So, what follows is the result of us sharing what we’ve learned in a google document dialogue for the … Continue reading →

Posted in Candice Lanius, Critical Retrospectives, Erik Bigras, Gaines Hubbell, Laquana Cooke, Nick Hanford, Stephanie Jennings | Tagged anniversary, blogging, co-authoring, confidence, how to, podcasting, rants, weekly content, writing, writing for a broad audience, writing process | Comments Off

A Severed Prosthetic Memory by NBA 2K14

Posted on April 25, 2014 by LCooke

The discourse of representation, stereotypes, and racism surrounding video games is fraught, and quite frankly not at all progressive. During “black history month,” I took notice to the number of my Facebook feeds that posted the obligatory Black History Month topics, … Continue reading →

Posted in Criticism, Laquana Cooke | Tagged Alison Landsberg, and racism, Bill Russell, black history, black history month, Celtics, Chuck Cooper, Civil Rights Movement, Doris Burke, game criticism, Game design, Game Mechanics, Gender, Hall of Fame, Harlan, inequalities, Jerry West, Kellogg, Lakers, MLK, NBA, nba 2k, nba 2k14, NBA Playoffs, prejudices, prosthetic memory, ps3, Representation, stereotypes, Steve Kerr, Video Game History, Video games, Wilt Chamberlain, Xbox One | 1 Comment

Always in Alpha Podcast, Ep. 2: Titanfall and Hype

Posted on April 1, 2014 by Gaines Hubbell

We’re back for another Always in Alpha Podcast to talk about Titanfall and its hype–just in time for you to listen before Titanfall comes out on Xbox 360. Streaming:

Posted in Candice Lanius, Criticism, Gaines Hubbell, Laquana Cooke, Nick Hanford, Podcasts, Reviews | Tagged amount of content, content, critic, critic-journalist, criticism, FPS, game mechanic, genre expectations, hype, journalism, journalist, Kotaku, Miguel Sicart, Podcast, Polygon, Titanfall, Xbox One | 2 Comments

Always in Alpha Podcast, Ep. 1: Twitch Plays Pokemon and Genre

Posted on March 27, 2014 by Gaines Hubbell

We’ve recorded a podcast! Laquana Cooke, Nick Hanford, Candice Lanius, and myself sat down at Finnbar’s, our local pub last week. This is the first of two or three podcasts that came out of that conversation. Laquana had to leave … Continue reading →

Posted in Candice Lanius, Criticism, Gaines Hubbell, Laquana Cooke, Nick Hanford, Podcasts | Tagged Aardse, audience, Audience expectation, Black identity, Borderlands 2, Candice Lanius, Diablo 3, Freud, Gaines Hubbell, Gender, Genre, Institution, Kenneth Burke, Kill Screen, Laquana Cooke, Nick Hanford, Play, Players, Podcast, Pokemon, Polygon, Race, Representation, Text, Twitch, Twitch Plays, Twitch Plays Pokemon, Twitch Plays Pokemon Plays Tetris, Uncanny, Uncanny Valley | Comments Off

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Category Archives: Laquana Cooke

First anniversary: What we’ve learned

A Severed Prosthetic Memory by NBA 2K14

Always in Alpha Podcast, Ep. 2: Titanfall and Hype

Always in Alpha Podcast, Ep. 1: Twitch Plays Pokemon and Genre

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