Welcome to Electric Adventures, where I talk about computer games a lot. I'll be making lists, reviewing games, and posting my thoughts about various elements of game design. My review format is as follows:
Publisher: Who made this game?
Genre: By this I mean whether the game type is adventure or strategy or visual novel/first-person shooter mash-up, not whether the game's story involves cyberpunk or Regency romance.
Summary: Here's where I briefly summarize the game (and you can probably get an idea whether it's cyberpunk or Regency romance.) No spoilers, unless you consider a general idea of what the game is about a spoiler.
Gameplay: Here I discuss the "game" part of the game--elements that require some sort of skill. This might for example be simulated combat, or puzzles, or both.
Style: This covers graphics, music, lighting, menus: the game's design and overall look. Does it all work as part of coherent whole? Is some part of it really neat and worth discussing?
Story: So that story summarized above, is it well told? How is the pacing? Anything particularly interesting happen? How are the characters?
The majority of my experience is with adventure and roleplaying games, as I'll detail in an upcoming post about my gaming history. Therefore most of my reviews and references will be to games of those genres.