Best O' 2015

2015 was a huge year for me. I got a new job at Phil Collins Magazine, met a lot of cool new people, and moved to a New York City. But as all that was going on, I still had time to consume, and even create, some new media. Here are the best.

Best Video Game that Almost Made My Eyes Bleed- StarCraft II: Legacy of the Void

Some other cool games- Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain, Super Mario Maker, Splatoon, Her Story

Best Movie that Almost Made My Eyes Water- Creed


Some other cool movies- Mad Max: Fury Road, The Big Short, Anomalisa, Star Wars: The Force Awakens (the best Daniel Craig film of 2015)

Best Parody of the Best TV Show Ending of 2015- Don Draper Invents Pizza Bagels



Best Wholly Legitimate Phrase of 2015- Famous Star Wars Franchise Character Emperor Sheev Palpatine

Best Things I Wrote in 2015-

The Cards Against Humanity Tabletop Deathmatch Interviews

Valve’s Movie Brats: Inside the Source Filmmaker Community

Heroes of the Storm Review (or Why MOBAs are Bad and You Should Feel Bad)

Games to Go (Video Reviews of Cool Mobile Games)



Of Art and Oven Mitts: The Death and Life of Followers (a Postmortem on the Tortured Production of My Silly Student Short Film)

Four Years of 148Apps, or, How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love iOS Games


Best Time I Spit On Camera

Stuff I Wrote in 2014

The end of 2013 was a turning point for me as far as my writing goes. I couldn’t be more grateful for the great response to my Kotaku feature story on the Chicago indie gaming scene, and my fantastic internship at PC Mag made my actual journalism school graduation six months later feel like just a formality. In 2014 I tried to keep that freelance momentum going and ended up writing a bunch of stories for a ton of awesome publications that, a few years ago, I never imagined I’d break into so soon. I think I did some of my best work in 2014, and it just so happened to fit in a nice, chronological, top ten list.

Use Your Words- Apple Watch and the Devolution of Language

My new feature for 148Apps. The title says it all. Check it out!

"Halt and Catch Fire" Pilot Review

“Halt and Catch Fire” is proof that no matter how many things a TV show has going against it, all I need to give it a chance is a premise that speaks to my niche interests. Sure it’s another desperate attempt by AMC to finally have another show that’s actually good once “Mad Men” joins “Breaking Bad” in the great channel in the sky. Sure the main character is just another hyper competent, amoral, successful, white male anti-hero. And sure the title is basically for no one. But how can I not watch a series about the early 1980s PC boom? I was willing to tolerate the TV movie cheesiness of Pirates of Silicon Valley so of course I’m going to watch this.

Coding Clementines: Black Girls Make Games, Too

Here's my new, big video game feature story! This time for The Escapist. Just in time for Black History Month, I wrote about what it was like teaching game design to minority children at The Generation Station summer camp last year as well as the world of educational games in general.

Enjoy!

PC Mag...again

Hey! I have an author bio on PC Mag now. Everything I write for them will be archived right here.

http://www.pcmag.com/author-bio/jordan-minor

PC Mag

That's where I'm working for a while. Look out for my articles!

PCMag.com

148 Apps: How Jordan Joined the Press

I wrote this weirdly personal essay about iPhone games and journalism. Enjoy! http://www.148apps.com/news/app-store-anniversary-jordan-joined-press/

Stuff I Did This Week 5/17/2013

Wrath of Caan

Scaredy Squirrel: Look Out Review

Chuck the Muck Review

Twinkle Wheel Review

Stuff I Did This Week 5/10/2013

Mr. Smoosh Review

Phone Fight Review

Smile Plants Review

The Legend of Holy Archer Review

Stuff I Did This Week 4/26/2013

Ugly Animals Review

Death Rally Review

Avengees Review

Stuff I Did This Week 4/12/2013

Two interesting reviews this week

Black Operations got a 4 1/2 star rating as well as a rare (for me) editor's choice award.

However, as a piece of writing, I'm more proud of the Tribe Survival Review. Too bad it's such a mediocre game.

Stuff I Did This Week 4/5/2013

Bioshock Infinite: The Centrist Shooter

Dragon Eternity Review

Hakitzu: Code of the Warrior Review

Stuff I Did This Week 3/29/2013

Crushin Robots NYC Review

7 Little Words Review

Strategy and Tactics WWII Review

Stuff I Did This Week 3/15/2013

Oscar Recap

Grow Dammit! Review

Astro Shark HD Review



James Franco is the new Nic Cage

Also it's finals/Spring Break/Easter time so no updates for a bit.

Stuff I Did This Week 3/8/2013

Doodle Dice Review

Shadow Escaper Review

Big Fish Bingo Review

Stuff I Did This Week 3/1/2013

Check out this first trailer for Followers at the new NU Channel 1 website.

And I did an interview with Red Letter Media, the guys behind Mr. Plinkett and those awesome, hour-plus Star Wars prequel reviews.

Also I wrote this review.

House of the Lost Mini Review

Stuff I Did This Week 2/22/2013

Amelia vs. the Marathon Review

Redneck Revenge Review

Dragon Storm Review

Stuff I Did This Week 2/15/2013

Zuko Monsters Review

Draw Wars Review

Redneck Revenge Review

Stuff I Did This Week 2/8/2013

FUNNY PICTURES

Pantheon The Legends Review

Hamster Chase Review

Wordchemy Review