Journalism Writings
Print Publications (with online components)
- Taylor, Laurie N. "The 'Nintendo Generation'." The
Gainesville Sun. 15 May 2008: Scene.
- Taylor, Laurie N.
"Play it Again? Death in Gaming." The
Gainesville Sun. 18 April 2008: Scene.
- Taylor, Laurie N.
"Professor Layton and the Curious Village." The
Gainesville Sun. 20 March 2008: Scene.
- Taylor, Laurie N. Review of Fatworld,
"Learning Healthy Living, One Game at a Time." The
Gainesville Sun. 21 February 2008: Scene.
- Taylor, Laurie N.
"New Games in the New Year." The
Gainesville Sun. 24 January 2008: Scene.
[Commentary on article here.]
- Taylor, Laurie N.
"Link, Zelda, and the Land of Hyrule Celebrate Traditions." The
Gainesville Sun. 25 December 2007: Scene.
- Taylor, Laurie N. "Listmania:
Top Games Party Games; and Top
Ten Games You've (Probably) Never Heard of." The Gainesville Sun. 25
December 2007: Scene.
- Taylor, Laurie N.
"Assassin's Creed Game is Historical[ly Painted] Fiction at its Finest." The
Gainesville Sun. 29 November 2007: Scene 23. [Article Image]
- Taylor, Laurie N.
"Keep Halloween Alive with Games." The
Gainesville Sun. 1 November 2007: Scene 18, 22. [Article Image]
- Taylor, Laurie N.
"Jeanne d'Arc Gives Gamers Hope." The
Gainesville Sun. 4 October 2007: Scene.
- Taylor, Laurie N.
"Samus Aran is the Queen of Corrupted Gaming." The
Gainesville Sun. 6 September 2007: Scene 20, 22. [Article Image]
- Taylor, Laurie N.
"Catching Up with Old Friends." The
Gainesville Sun. 9 August 2007: Scene.
- Taylor, Laurie N.
"'Overlord' is Good (Evil) Fun." The
Gainesville Sun. 12 July 2007: Scene 18. [Article Image]
- Taylor, Laurie N.
"Gainesville Studio Cranks out Two Top Shelf Adventures." The
Gainesville Sun. 14 June 2007: Scene 20. [Article Image]
- Taylor, Laurie N.
"Visualizing Computer Code is Crucial to Game Design." The
Gainesville Sun. 17 May 2007: Scene 19. [Article Image]
- Taylor, Laurie N.
"Ready for a 'summer gaming list'?" The
Gainesville Sun. 19 April 2007: Scene 24. [Article Image]
- Taylor, Laurie N.
"Game on the High Seas is No Sinking Ship." The
Gainesville Sun. 29 March 2007: Scene 25. [Article Image]
- Taylor, Laurie N.
"'King' of Advergaming Widens Domain." The
Gainesville Sun. 22 February 2007: Scene 21. [Article Image]
- Taylor, Laurie N.
"A Bull Market: The Upside of Gaming." The
Gainesville Sun. 25 January 2007: Scene 8. [Article Image]
- Taylor, Laurie N.
"Worming the Way to Adventure Gaming Online." The
Gainesville Sun. 28 December 2006: Scene 10. [Article Image]
- Taylor, Laurie N.
"'War' Gearing up for Christmas." The
Gainesville Sun. 30 November 2006: Scene.
- Taylor, Laurie N.
"Add a Little Business to Your Gaming Pleasure." The
Gainesville Sun. 2 November 2006: Scene. [Article Image]
- Taylor, Laurie N.
"Gaming Redefines Its Roots." The
Gainesville Sun. 5 October 2006: Scene 10. [Article Image]
- Taylor, Laurie N.
"Nintendo Hits Boardwalk on New Monopoly Version." The
Gainesville Sun. 7 September 2006: Scene.
- Taylor, Laurie N.
"Let the Women of Gaming Help You Choose a Major." The
Gainesville Sun. 10 August 2006: Scene 10. [Article Image]
- Taylor, Laurie N.
"Break up Boredom with a Casual Game." The
Gainesville Sun. 13 July 2006: Scene 12. [Article Image]
- Taylor, Laurie N.
"Nothing Artificial About this New Gaming Venture." The
Gainesville Sun. 15 June 2006: Scene 12. [Article Image]
- Taylor, Laurie N.
"Games for the Non-gamer Members of Your Family." The
Gainesville Sun. 18 May 2006: Scene.
- Taylor, Laurie N.
"New COSMOS Fest Brings Innovative Films to Town." The
Gainesville Sun. 20 Apr. 2006: Scene.
- Taylor, Laurie N. "Finally, a Girly Game for Girl Videogamers." The
Gainesville Sun. 23 Mar. 2006: Scene 14. [Article Image]
- Taylor, Laurie N. "Comics, Video Games Keep Classic Works Alive." The
Gainesville Sun. 23 Feb. 2006: Scene 12. [Article Image]
- Taylor, Laurie N. "Cute, Dancing Sea Critters Mark a Gaming Revolution." The
Gainesville Sun. 26 Jan. 2006: Scene 12. [Article Image]
- Taylor, Laurie N. "With
a Foot in History, King Kong Claws for the Future." The
Gainesville Sun. 29 Dec. 2005.
- Taylor, Laurie N. "Listmania:
Top Games for Girl (and other less-traditional) Gamers; and Top
Addictive Free Online Games." The Gainesville Sun. 29
Dec. 2005.
- Taylor, Laurie N. "Get
in the Giving Spirit with Child's Play, Ben's Game." The
Gainesville Sun. 1 Dec. 2005: Scene 14. [Article
Image]
- Taylor, Laurie N. "New Games Provide Chills, Fun." The Gainesville Sun. 10 Nov. 2005: Scene 14. [Article Image]
- Taylor, Laurie N. "Videogaming Embraces the Art of Conversation." The Gainesville Sun. 6 Oct. 2005: Scene 14. [Article Image]
- Taylor, Laurie N. "Gaming to get WIGI in Seattle." The Gainesville Sun. 8 Sept. 2005: Scene 12. [Article Image]
- Taylor, Laurie N. "Future of Hand-helds? Puppies and
Death Jr." The Gainesville Sun. 28 July 2005: Scene 12.
[Article
Image]
- Taylor, Laurie N. "Live Action Role-Playing." The Gainesville Sun. 30
June 2005: Scene 12. [Article Image]
- Taylor, Laurie N. "Nancy
Drew: Teenage Video Game Sleuth." The Gainesville Sun. 2
June 2005: Scene 13. [Article Image]
- Taylor, Laurie N. "Gainesville
for Free: Stars and Science." The Gainesville Sun. 26 May
2005.
- Taylor, Laurie N. "Female Ninjas."
The Gainesville Sun. 7 Apr. 2005: Scene 16.
[Article Image]
- Taylor, Laurie N. and Cathlena Martin. "Game Studies."
The Gainesville Sun. 17 March 2005: Scene.
[Article
Image]
- Taylor, Laurie N. "Gaming: Sprung."
The Gainesville Sun. 3 March 2005: Scene.
- Taylor, Laurie N.
"Alien Hominid and Independent Game Design."
The Gainesville Sun. 3 Feb. 2005: Scene.
[Article
Image]
- Taylor, Laurie N.
"Review of Resident Evil 4."
The Gainesville Sun. 20 Jan. 2005: Scene.
[Article
Image]
- Taylor, Laurie N. and Cathlena Martin.
"Virtual Help for Real Resolutions." The Gainesville Sun.
6 Jan. 2005: Scene. [Article Image]
- Taylor, Laurie N.
"Listmania: Top 10 Video Games of 2004."
The Gainesville Sun. 30 Dec. 2005: Scene.
- Taylor, Laurie N. and Cathlena Martin. "Step into Hero Boy's Shoes with the Polar Express." The
Gainesville Sun. 24 Dec. 2004: Scene.
- Taylor, Laurie N. and Cathlena Martin.
"Diary of Yourself!Fitness."
The Gainesville Sun. Dec. 9, 2004: Scene. [Article
Image]
- Taylor, Laurie N. and Cathlena Martin.
"Holiday gaming full of stars and stolen cars."
The Gainesville Sun. 25 Nov. 2004: Scene.
[Article
Image]
- Taylor, Laurie N. and Cathlena Martin.
"Select Start: A Video Game Music Band"
The Gainesville Sun. 11 Nov. 2004: Scene.
[Article
Image]
- Taylor, Laurie N. and Cathlena Martin. "Plugging
into The Political Machine." The Gainesville Sun. 28
Oct. 2004: Scene 26, 29. [Article
Image]
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Taylor, Laurie N. and Cathlena Martin. "Girls
of Gaming? Sexy, strong and even bloodthirsty." The
Gainesville Sun. 14 Oct. 2004: Scene.
- Taylor, Laurie N. and Cathlena Martin. "Gainesville Gaming: Modern gaming explosion rocks Gainesville."
The Gainesville Sun. 30 Sept. 2004: Scene 12.
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Radio Publications (with online text and audio component)
- "Interview with Mary Flanagan (with her thoughts about Josie True)."
Narr. Laurie N. Taylor. Recess! NPR. WUFT-FM,
Gainesville, FL. 13 July 2005.
- "Video Game Music."
Narr. Laurie N. Taylor and Cathlena Martin. Recess! NPR. WUFT-FM,
Gainesville, FL. 18 Jan. 2005.
- "Toy Theaters." Narr.
Laurie N. Taylor. Recess! NPR. WUFT-FM, Gainesville, FL. 30 Dec. 2004.
- "Mystery
Games." Narr. Laurie N. Taylor and Cathlena
Martin. Recess! NPR. WUFT-FM, Gainesville, FL. 23
Nov. 2004.
- "Month of
the Dinosaur." Narr. Laurie N. Taylor. Recess!
NPR. WUFT-FM, Gainesville, FL. 1 Oct. 2004.
- "National Women and Video Games Conference." Narr. Laurie
N. Taylor. Recess! NPR. WUFT-FM, Gainesville, FL. 14
Sept. 2004.
- "Machinima." Narr. Laurie N. Taylor. Recess!
NPR. WUFT-FM, Gainesville, FL. 17 June 2004.
- "Word Games."
Narr. Laurie N. Taylor. Recess! NPR. WUFT-FM,
Gainesville, FL. 25 Nov. 2003.
- "Video
Games Teaching History: Playing History."
Narr. Laurie N. Taylor. Recess! NPR. WUFT-FM, Gainesville, FL. 12 Sept. 2003.
- "Spy Alley." Narr. Laurie
N. Taylor. Recess! NPR. WUFT-FM,
Gainesville, FL. 7 Aug. 2003.
- "Interview with Shelley Jackson." Narr. Laurie
N. Taylor. Recess! NPR. WUFT-FM,
Gainesville, FL. 31 July 2003.
- "Gurls Rule." Narr. Laurie N. Taylor. Recess! NPR. WUFT-FM, Gainesville, FL. 17 June 2003.
- "LEGO." Narr. Laurie N. Taylor. Recess! NPR. WUFT-FM, Gainesville, FL. 5 June 2003.
- "CrossGen Bridges Comics." Narr. Laurie
N. Taylor. Recess! NPR. WUFT-FM,
Gainesville, FL. 27 May 2003.
- "Dance Dance Revolution."
Narr. Laurie N. Taylor. Recess! NPR. WUFT-FM, Gainesville, FL. 15 May 2003.
- "Interview with R. A. Salvatore." Narr. Laurie N. Taylor. Recess! NPR. WUFT-FM, Gainesville, FL. 7 May 2003.
- "Terry Pratchett." Narr. Laurie N. Taylor. Recess! NPR. WUFT-FM, Gainesville, FL. 28 Apr. 2003.
- "The Legend of Zelda." Narr. Laurie N. Taylor. Recess! NPR. WUFT-FM, Gainesville, FL. 3 Apr. 2003.
- "The Egg Game." Narr. Laurie N. Taylor. Recess! NPR. WUFT-FM, Gainesville, FL. 11 Feb. 2003.
- "Webcomics."
Narr. Laurie N. Taylor. Recess! NPR. WUFT-FM,
Gainesville, FL. 23 Jan. 2003.
- "Spirited Away and
Hayao Miyazaki." Narr. Laurie N. Taylor. Recess! NPR. WUFT-FM, Gainesville, FL. 9 Jan. 2003.
- "Anime Music."Narr. Laurie N. Taylor. Recess! NPR. WUFT-FM, Gainesville, FL. 30 Dec. 2002.
- "Girl's
Video Games." Narr. Laurie N. Taylor. Recess! NPR. WUFT-FM, Gainesville, FL. 26 Nov. 2002.
- "PC Arcades." Narr. Laurie
N. Taylor. Recess! NPR. WUFT-FM,
Gainesville, FL. 7 Nov. 2002.
- "Disgustingly Yummy Foods." Narr. Laurie N. Taylor. Recess! NPR. WUFT-FM, Gainesville, FL. 10 Oct. 2002.
- "Video
Game Day." Narr. Laurie N. Taylor. Recess! NPR. WUFT-FM, Gainesville, FL. 17 Sept. 2002.
- "September 11; Help on the Internet."
Narr. Laurie N. Taylor. Recess! NPR. WUFT-FM, Gainesville, FL. 10 Sept. 2002.
- "George Herriman and Krazy Kat."
Narr. Laurie N. Taylor. Recess! NPR. WUFT-FM, Gainesville, FL. 22 Aug. 2002.
- "First Video Games." Narr. Laurie N. Taylor. Recess! NPR. WUFT-FM, Gainesville, FL. 14 Aug. 2002.
- "The Letter J," ABC
Book made in Flash
Online-only Publications
- Taylor, Laurie N. Review of Brain Boost: Beta Wave and
Brain Boost: Gamma Wave.
GamesFirst! 9 January 2007.
- Taylor, Laurie N. Review of Nancy Drew: The Creature of Kapu Cave.
GamesFirst! 19 November 2006.
- Taylor, Laurie N. "Online Negotiation Games by Zap Dramatic."
GamesFirst! 30 October 2006.
- Also available as compiled reviews of Video Game Design Pro.
Taylor, Laurie N. "Game Industry Growth and Coordination."
The Corpament: Video Game
Design Pro Website. Oct. 15, 2006.
Taylor, Laurie N. "Design Constraints and Project Development."
The Corpament: Video Game
Design Pro Website. Oct. 7, 2006.
Taylor, Laurie N. "Initial Review of Video Game Design Pro."
The Corpament: Video Game
Design Pro Website. Sept. 30, 2006.
- Taylor, Laurie N. "Nancy Drew: Danger by Design, A Fun and Girl Positive Game," Review of Nancy Drew: Danger by Design.
GamesFirst! 25 September 2006.
- Taylor, Laurie N. "Another Great Platformer Based on a Cartoon," Review of Hi Hi Puffy AmiYumi: The Genie and the Amp.
GamesFirst! 21 July 2006.
- Taylor, Laurie N. "A New Take on Classic Breakout," Review of Break 'Em All.
GamesFirst! 19 July 2006.
- Taylor, Laurie N. Review of Metal Gear Solid: Digital Graphic Novel.
GamesFirst! 10 July 2006.
- Taylor, Laurie N. Review of Street Fighter Alpha Anthology.
GamesFirst! 7 July 2006.
- Taylor, Laurie N. Review of Dreamfall: The Longest Journey.
GamesFirst! 17 May 2006.
- Taylor, Laurie N. Review of Karaoke Country Revolution.
GamesFirst! 29 April 2006.
- Taylor, Laurie N. Review of The (Small Screen) Silent Hill Experience.
GamesFirst! 26 April 2006.
- Taylor, Laurie N. Review of Ice Age 2: The
Meltdown. GamesFirst! 3 April 2006.
- Taylor, Laurie N. Review of Super Princess
Peach. GamesFirst! 19 March 2006.
- Taylor, Laurie N. Review of
Infected. GamesFirst! 16 December 2005.
- Taylor, Laurie N. Review of Hi Hi Puffy
Ami Yumi: Kaznapped. GamesFirst! 9 December
2005.
- Taylor, Laurie N. "Degrees in Game Design Help
Gamers and Nongamers." GamesFirst! 8 December 2005.
- Taylor, Laurie N. Review of Aeon
Flux. GamesFirst! 3 December 2005.
- Taylor, Laurie N. "Games and Gamers Helping
Others." GamesFirst! 26 November 2005.
- Taylor, Laurie N. Review of Spyro: Shadow
Legacy by Amaze Entertainment. GamesFirst! 17
November 2005.
- Taylor, Laurie N. Review of Resident Evil
4 by Capcom. GamesFirst! 13 November 2005.
- Taylor, Laurie N. Review of Trace
Memory by Nintendo. GamesFirst! 12 October
2005.
- Taylor, Laurie N. Review of Beatdown: Fists
of Vengeance by Capcom. GamesFirst! 13 September
2005.
- Taylor, Laurie N. Review of Conker: Live &
Reloaded by Rare. GamesFirst! 15 August 2005.
- Taylor, Laurie N. Review of
Doom 3 by id/Vicarious. GamesFirst! 7 June
2005.
- Taylor, Laurie N. Preview of
Onimusha 3 by Capcom. GamesFirst! 30 May
2005.
- Taylor, Laurie N. Preview of
Creatures: Exodus & Creatures: Village by Kutoka
Interactive. GamesFirst! 28 May 2005.
- Taylor, Laurie N. Preview of Fatal Frame 3: The Tormented by Tecmo. GamesFirst! 25 May 2005.
- Taylor, Laurie N. Preview of
Call of Cthulhu: Destiny's End by HeadFirst. GamesFirst! 24 May
2005.
- Taylor, Laurie N. Review of
Obscure by Hydravision. GamesFirst! 21 May
2005.
- Taylor, Laurie N. Preview of
Full Auto by Pseudo Interactive. GamesFirst! 20 May
2005.
- Taylor, Laurie N. Preview of
Okami by Capcom/Clover Studios. GamesFirst! 20 May
2005.
- Taylor, Laurie N. Preview of
Nancy Drew: Secret of the Old Clock by Her Interactive.
GamesFirst! 19 May 2005.
- Taylor, Laurie N. Preview of
Upcoming Plug and Play Devices by JAKKS Pacific.
GamesFirst! 18 May 2005.
- Taylor, Laurie N. Review of
Kuon by FromSoftware. GamesFirst! 12
Feb. 2005.
- Taylor, Laurie N. and Cathlena Martin. Review of Alien Hominid by The Behemoth. GamesFirst! 2 Jan. 2005.
- Taylor, Laurie N. and Cathlena Martin. Review of
Blinx 2 by Artoon. GamesFirst! 5 Dec. 2004.
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