Nick Cummings

Nick is a writer, editor and designer based out of Portland, Oregon. He and Aaron started Silicon Sasquatch in 2008 after losing a bet on a chinchilla knife fight on the outskirts of Topeka. He still bears the mental and physical scars of that fateful night. Aside from videogames, Nick is also a lifelong musician and avid music consumer. He's the sort of person who reads twenty books at a time but only finishes maybe one per month. Feel free to drop him a line! He loves the attention.

Homepage: http://www.nickcummings.com

AIM: whymog


Posts by Nick Cummings

What Nick’s been playing

October 30, 2011 - 4:38 pm

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I’m in a bit of a difficult situation here as a writer. Here’s why: I’ve been playing so many games lately but haven’t had more than a couple hours to myself every day for the last couple weeks. I’d love to be writing about a lot of them, and it’d be great to put out [...]

So Long, Sera

October 23, 2011 - 10:37 am

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I didn’t really want an Xbox 360 at first. Or at least, that’s the story I used to tell myself. I’m one of the idiots who actually made a point of tuning in to MTV’s sophomoric unveiling of Microsoft’s sophomore console in the fall of 2004, and the embarrassing spectacle left a pretty sour taste [...]

Visiting the Fantastic Fest Arcade

October 22, 2011 - 6:05 am

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I almost stumbled upon Fantastic Fest completely by accident. Even though I’m on the fabled Alamo Drafthouse newsletter, I somehow missed the fact that there was a big, dorky exhibition going on just down the street from me in late September. At first I assumed it was only a film festival, but then I heard [...]

The Anti-Backlog: What’ve you guys been playing?

September 1, 2011 - 6:26 pm

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I’ve been incredibly busy these past few weeks, as have the rest of us, so I thought I’d just open things up for discussion. What have you been playing lately? Old or new, fun or not, we’d love to talk about it. If I had been playing games, I’d probably be neck-deep in the classic cyberpunk [...]

Catherine’s Eccentricities

August 14, 2011 - 10:30 am

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I still don’t get Catherine. Even after a few solid hours spent learning the ropes of Atlus’ bizarre hodgepodge puzzle and dating-sim gameplay (think Q*Bert meets Tokimeki Memorial), I’m still unsure if this is a game I like. I’m compelled to keep playing, though, and that’s a success as far as I’m concerned. But it’s not the puzzle-game [...]

Sorry

July 24, 2011 - 6:25 pm

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I don’t mean to speak out of turn here, but things are kind of dead at Silicon Sasquatch. The why of it might not matter to you, but in an effort to be transparent, here’s where we’re at: Aaron’s working and living his life in Portland. I’m not sure what he’s been up to, actually, [...]

Three’s Company: How Pigsy stumbled in and totally ruined a great thing in Enslaved: Odyssey to the West

May 31, 2011 - 6:56 pm

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A good game tells the story of a lone protagonist, an archetypal hero the player relates to and guides toward success. Thanks to the immersive nature of video games, an experience doesn’t need to be perfectly refined to draw the player in. After all, many player characters are essentially faceless empty shells — digital vessels [...]

Baseless Speculation: An educated guess on the next iteration of game consoles

April 26, 2011 - 8:00 pm

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We’re well past the five-year mark on the current generation of game consoles, and with details of an imminent Wii successor starting to percolate, now is the time to consider what the next generation of hardware will entail. Traditionally, competing game console manufacturers have fought clear-cut battles over hardware, software, and add-ons. But with this [...]

Backlog: Dueling Backlogs edition

April 13, 2011 - 8:06 pm

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I really dropped the ball on this one, guys. Everything was all ready to go well ahead of schedule last week but I just never got around to compiling the damn thing and getting it out the door. I sincerely apologize; I take this stuff seriously, and I’m still trying to figure out how to [...]

Backlog: South by Southwest edition

March 20, 2011 - 12:03 pm

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Holy crap, you guys. I can’t believe I’m still standing. Not only did I just complete my second week at my new job, but I also subjected myself to two straight weeks of going out at night for music, food and drinks. I nearly overdosed on culture, having taken in a movie premiere, a dozen [...]