Welcome to the start of the worst half of Mirror's Edge:Almost on queue, the footage desync while Sam is recording, meaning he had to record this awful segment several times. Even still, he ultimately could not get any footage where the audio and video were synced.So if Sam sounds particular bitter...

Another day, another discussion on the decline of Mirror's Edge.As I said at the start, Sam and I really love this game. However, there's no denying that it gets visibly, appreciably worse with each level.I would like to have a conversation with the people who worked on this game just to know what...

In this episode, we take a moment to talk about Mirror's Edge's approach to platforming.The subway section best emphasizes why Mirror's Edge's first-person platforming works, by taking away a lot of what makes it work.When this game is at its best, precision isn't a huge issue. It's much more about...

In this episode, we beat up a former wrestler and jump off a crane.This is still a decent level, but it's not hard to notice that it's not quite as good as the first few levels in the game. As Mirror's Edge goes on, the overall quality of each level, in terms of their design, starts to noticeably...

In this episode, we get down and dirty in the cleanest, most pristine sewers on Earth.It feels weird to criticize this game for anything involving its story content. I say that mostly because it clearly wasn't a major focus of the game. It's not accident that the cutscenes are all less than 5...

You may be surprised at how gushy we are about Mirror's Edge, given that our previous was... basically the exact opposite of that. We do delve into some heavy criticism, especially in the later half of the game. However, it's so easy to praise Mirror's Edge because it does so many things right.We...

After a very long break, we're finally back. Welcome, ladies and gentleman, to the fourth season of Interactive Friction. We picked Mirror's Edge for two big reasons:We were exhausted by the end of Watch_Dogs, and needed a breather. Mirror's Edge is a very short game, and we knew we weren't going...

You probably though we were done. You probably thought Watch_Dogs destroyed us so completely that we'd never Let's Play again.You're probably an arbitrary strawman I've picked out for the sake of drama.In any case, we'll be back, starting tomorrow. Sam even made a new trailer to celebrate our...

Last time, I talked about my favorite games of the year: A “highlight reel of 2015”, as I called it. Though highlights typically refer to things that stand out in good ways, sometimes that's not the case. Something might certainly stand out, but for the worst possible reasons.To celebrate these...

So the year is almost over, and what a year it has been. I remember spending most of my time in 2014 catching up with old games and TV shows that I missed growing up. There are very distinct memories of consistently looking at the new releases in a given month and going “Meh.”Not this time. If...