Ninja Gaiden 2 Black dropped on Xbox Game Pass and now I can hear bird song again

Somewhere in my house there's an excellent book called Difficult Questions About Video Games. It's a collection of testimony from players and designers and it covers all kinds of fascinating things. I remember - I have to remember this; I have no idea where I left the book - that it starts with a bit about Tomb Raider. Someone's playing the first game in the series in front of an audience and mentions that the controls are really "fluid". Someone else in the audience then asks what "fluid" means, and...and nobody can pin it down at all. Read more

Jan 28, 2025 - 12:21

Ninja Gaiden 2 Black dropped on Xbox Game Pass and now I can hear bird song again

Somewhere in my house there's an excellent book called Difficult Questions About Video Games. It's a collection of testimony from players and designers and it covers all kinds of fascinating things. I remember - I have to remember this; I have no idea where I left the book - that it starts with a bit about Tomb Raider. Someone's playing the first game in the series in front of an audience and mentions that the controls are really "fluid". Someone else in the audience then asks what "fluid" means, and...and nobody can pin it down at all.