What Lost Tribe started was a necessary step for Jewish gamers.
Jon Balofsky
Adventure games are an interesting genre for gamers to try. While the name implies epic open world gameplay, these games actually tend to be slow paced affairs and have more to do with puzzles than anything else. The reason for this is that the genre began as what are called Text Based Adventures, before the…
The role of Jews in the video game industry is not as pronounced as in other areas, like comic books and movies, but it is still there. One name that comes to mind is Ralph Baer, who created the video game as we know it today, and another is Michael Kogan. While Baer is somewhat…
There is so much potential, I am shocked no one has done much with it.
Video games based on comic books have a mixed history. Many of the early games were not of the best quality, but there were a few good ones. Comic book-based games gradually became better, culminating in the masterpieces of the Batman Arkham games and Insomniac’s PlayStation exclusive Spider-Man game. Games based on comic books are…
Role Playing Games have long borrowed from a variety of sources. When it comes to Judaism, one game actually went further.
When it comes to video games, representation has been lacking for many groups. It is something that is only recently starting to be addressed, and there is still a lot of work to be done. When it comes to representation in video games, specifically of Jews, it has been minimal at best. The times Jews…