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Plants vs. Zombies: Pimp Edition
I may have been out on holiday, but in the meantime, Plants vs. Zombies has come out. It was made by 2 old friends of mine from the Blizzard days, mentors of sorts, and is just awesome. The 2 of th… more →
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Plants vs. Zombies: Pimp Edition
Dan wrote 6 days ago: I may have been out on holiday, but in the meantime, Plants vs. Zombies has come out. It was made … more →
"Easy to Use and Incredibly Difficult: On the Mythical Border between Interface and Gameplay"
JRGBruno wrote 2 weeks ago: An interesting article by Jesper Juul on the complex relatioship between ease of use and challenge i … more →
Don't Domesticate Suda! A Preemptive Polemic
JRGBruno wrote 1 month ago: Suda 51, sitting on his protagonist's favorite chair. I’m not sure what to think of No More Her … more →
BG 15 - GTA IV : Exploring the Mundane
Jonathan M wrote 1 month ago: Futurismic have my fifteenth Blasphemous Geometries column. It is not only the first of the columns … more →
Playing the Sex card.
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Justin Keverne wrote 2 months ago: For a mature title The Witcher displays an all too believably juvenile attitude towards sexual relat … more →
The Art of Rules, Ctd.
JRGBruno wrote 2 months ago: From Game Culture: Games are supposed to be safe places, where we experiment with strategy and comp … more →
Mechanical Definitions.
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Justin Keverne wrote 2 months ago: At a low enough level all game mechanics are the same, we press a button, move a stick, and somethin … more →
I have a voice...
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Justin Keverne wrote 2 months ago: A few days ago I was asked to guest on a couple of podcasts, I’ll admit to a fair degree of ex … more →
The Art of Rules
JRGBruno wrote 2 months ago: Rules are to game design what editing is to film: a craft that is at once unique to its medium and f … more →
Stephen Totilo: What Made Me a Game Journalist
JRGBruno wrote 2 months ago: As my minutes at MTV come to an end, I’d like to share some experiences about my time covering games … more →
The Mechanics of Street Fighter IV
JRGBruno wrote 2 months ago: Street Fighter IV was received with widespread critical acclaim and relatively strong sales. Whether … more →
Narrative in Games Part 1
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fungalporpoise wrote 2 months ago: This post was going to be a comment on this post but it outgrew itself so I thought I’d put it … more →
Pauline Kael or Lester Bangs: Whom Does Video Game Criticism Need the Most?
JRGBruno wrote 2 months ago: That was a joke. But if taking games seriously is your idea of fun, Mia Consalvo’s introductor … more →
Fun: Alive
Dan wrote 3 months ago: I’ve been watching this video from the Daft Punk Alive tour in 2007 over and over. I find it … more →
Contextual Specification - Examples.
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Justin Keverne wrote 3 months ago: Through unintentional irony, L.B Jeffries has helped me prove my assertion that: ”Abstract co … more →
Contextual Specification.
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Justin Keverne wrote 3 months ago: When it comes to the creation of the common ground in which play occurs, the boundaries themselves c … more →
Game Relatives
JRGBruno wrote 3 months ago: A fascinating essay on board games, which I discovered while randomly blog browsing through the ridi … more →
Narrative Context.
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Justin Keverne wrote 3 months ago: On several occasions I’ve recounted events that took place while I was playing a game. I … more →
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