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Elden Ring and How I Learned to Let Go And Love the Pleasure of Difficulty

By Dylan B. Altman “The definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over again, but expecting different results.” Now, I say that,  but… I have died in the same way probably hundreds of times playing Elden Ring. In the style of Demon’s Souls and Dark Souls, Elden Ring is a game that… Read More Elden Ring and How I Learned to Let Go And Love the Pleasure of Difficulty

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The Grass is Always Greener: The Pastoral Life in Stardew Valley

By Dylan Altman, California State University, Northridge “Every spirit builds itself a house; and beyond its house a world; and beyond its world, a heaven. Know then, that the world exists for you. For you is the phenomenon perfect. What we are, that only can we see… Build, therefore, your own world.” Ralph Waldo Emerson,… Read More The Grass is Always Greener: The Pastoral Life in Stardew Valley

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