Author Archives: rogertravisjr

About rogertravisjr

Classicist, game critic, game educator.

Symposium: Marvel’s Midnight Suns, 1 February 2024

Posted on January 27, 2024 by rogertravisjr

We’ll return to the genre-bending Marvel’s Midnight Suns for this month’s symposium, in large part because I have to get ready to give a talk about it in the middle of March and I’d like to gauge symposiasts responses to … Continue reading →

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Symposium 7 September 2023: Bastion

Posted on September 1, 2023 by rogertravisjr

From Captain Quasar, who’ll moderate our discussion. While the other members of the initiative have their nostalgic games that reminded them of a certain era, a la Mario or Mega Man, I had Supergiant Games’ Bastion, released in 2011. It … Continue reading →

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Symposium, 3 August 2023: Marvel’s Midnight Suns

Posted on July 28, 2023 by rogertravisjr

The question I keep coming back to as I try to get to the end of my apparently endlessly ongoing playthrough of Marvel’s Midnight Suns is, alas, probably going to sound boring at best and trivial at worst, but I … Continue reading →

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Symposium 2 February 2023: The Lord of the Rings: The Card Game (redux)

Posted on January 30, 2023 by rogertravisjr

For this month’s symposium, I’d like to revisit LOTRTCG through the lens of our experiences playing it over the last few months. In particular, how does the experience of playing a cooperative adventure card game influence our understanding of any … Continue reading →

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Symposium 1 September: Marvel Continuity

Posted on August 28, 2022 by rogertravisjr

When Chris Claremont gave us Giant-Size X–Men #1, did he — whether literally or metaphorically speaking — change the game of Marvel continuity, repurposing the moribund Uncanny X-Men to tell a new kind of story? Or did the game actually … Continue reading →

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Symposium 5 May 2022: Elden Ring

Posted on May 2, 2022 by rogertravisjr

Really I just want to hear everyone else talk about any/all of the following: What specific characteristics of the game set it up for discussion as “the greatest video game of all time”? Is the lore intentionally impenetrable? What comparisons … Continue reading →

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Symposium, 6 January 2022

Posted on January 2, 2022 by rogertravisjr

I’m going to continue on with my symposium series about what I call the cooperative adventure card game. This time around, I’m hoping to zoom in on The Lord of the Rings: The Card Game, though with the usual call … Continue reading →

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Symposium, 2 September 2021: The Cooperative Adventure Card Game

Posted on August 28, 2021 by rogertravisjr

“Cooperative Adventure Card Game” (CACG) is my term for the genre that includes the LCGs I’ve been bringing to my last few symposia. What is it, though? Clearly the genre comprises not only The Lord of the Rings: The Card … Continue reading →

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Symposium, 5 August 2021: Super Metroid

Posted on August 3, 2021 by rogertravisjr

For this month’s symposium, new moderator Captain Quasar will lead our discussion on this classic. He writes: Thank you for allowing me to lead this symposium, especially for a game I love so much. Super Metroid is considered one of … Continue reading →

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Symposium and Playversation, 1 April 2021: Marvel Champions: The Card Game

Posted on March 29, 2021 by rogertravisjr

We’ll continue exploring the Fantasy Flight Games cooperative Living Card Game (LCG) as a rogue-like epic occasion on Thursday, with a playversation streamed on my Twitch channel, if I can get it going. Here’s a post-series (follow back from the … Continue reading →

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