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Rated S for Spectacular

thesreyn wrote 1 week ago: Gaming as an art form is something of a niche debate amongst players of video games. Those who take … more →

Tags: Gaming Articles, Spectacle, spectacular, Look at the pretty animations, Final Fantasy Cut Scenes, Devil May Cry was overkill, I could never get an S rating

Atlas Shrugged/Bioshock: Dual Review Pt. 22 comments

Kilroy del Dancefighter Estallion the First wrote 2 weeks ago: As a rule, didactic fiction has a very specific structure.  Metaphors and events in the text functio … more →

Tags: criticism, In Brief, Revisionist Gaming History, Video game reviews, Allegory, Analysis, Ayn Rand, Bioshock, capitalism

Zero Gamer exhibition in Cardiff

gamessig wrote 4 weeks ago: Zero Gamer exhibition at Ffotogallery, Cardiff 25 – 28 November www.http.uk.net/zerogamer Zero Gamer … more →

The Art History of Games

gamessig wrote 1 month ago: The Art History of Games is a three-day public symposium in which members of the fields of game stud … more →

Tags: Events

Lucidity Review (XBLA)

Hot Fuzz wrote 1 month ago: LucasArts take on Little Red Riding Hood Developer: LucasArts Play It! : Xbox Live Marketplace (800M … more →

Tags: Reviews, Games, Dealspwn, xbla, Steam, Lucidity, LucasArts, platform game, puzzle game

In the demo watch an Old Lady. In the full version she may die.

phokal wrote 1 month ago: The Graveyard is a somewhat misunderstood game.  Anyone looking for something that would be fun at a … more →

Tags: Phokal, Free, The Graveyard

Activision, Airports and Apoplexy

Hot Fuzz wrote 1 month ago: Activision and Infinity Ward’s Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 has found itself splashed all over the … more →

Tags: Comment, Console Games, Editorial, Feature, Controversy, Call of Duty, Modern Warfare 2, leak, Activision

On Games as Art8 comments

spinks wrote 2 months ago: Turbine Hall by GaryMarshall@flickr Its difficult to imagine the Turbine Hall at the Tate Modern if … more →

Tags: General MMO, Balka, How it is, tate modern, wrongbadfun

Double-dose Crawford

Dan wrote 3 months ago: Wholly whammies Batman!  First these videos from a documentary film on a conversation between Jason … more →

Tags: Game design

The Video Game Player's Stare5 comments

Dan wrote 3 months ago: You all know the gamer’s stare.  You’ve seen it in playtests.  It’s that one where … more →

Metal Gear Solid 1: Analysis and review

Kilroy del Dancefighter Estallion the First wrote 3 months ago: There are throughout the history of any given medium certain works which are touted as masterpieces, … more →

Tags: criticism, Revisionist Gaming History, Video game reviews, Video Games, Philosophy, Fiction, writing, Metal Gear Solid, Vidcons

Games, Art, Rosebud - Change of Plans

Matt Altieri wrote 4 months ago: It seems clear that I should have taken more care to define one of my parameters before diving into … more →

Tags: Critical Hit, News, Critical Hit news, game design methodology

Games as Art

Justin wrote 4 months ago: As I mentioned in my introductory post, one of the big catalysts for me starting this blog was a deb … more →

Tags: Gaming, Destructoid, David Jaffe, Anthony Burch, Roger Ebert

“Games as Art”

typoink wrote 4 months ago: The phrase “games as art” will be, I’m sure, a common one on this journal.  Since this phrase i … more →

Tags: definitions

By Way of Introduction

typoink wrote 4 months ago: In this journal, I intend to provide justification for treating videogames as art along with some fo … more →

Tags: Introduction

Metal Gear Solid 1: Pre-analysis notes3 comments

Kilroy del Dancefighter Estallion the First wrote 5 months ago: Since it has been so long since my last promise, I felt it appropriate to remind whatever readership … more →

Tags: From the drawing board, Video Games, Metal Gear Solid, Analysis, existentialism, Message Boards, Forums, scraps, ign

Michael Jackson's Moonwalker now a collector's item1 comment

Aaron Klein wrote 5 months ago: Moonwalker Michael Jackson’s role as a musical pioneer is being examined at all levels today a … more →

Tags: MICHAEL JACKSON, Moonwalker, Retro Gaming, Video Games

The Beatles: Rock Band trailer

Aaron Klein wrote 6 months ago: Holy Shit! I had shivers running up the back of my neck for the entire clip. I so can’t wait f … more →

Tags: Video Games

A Sims Story: Alice & Kev2 comments

Aaron Klein wrote 6 months ago: Zev goes grocery shopping Narrative in video games is a topic close to my heart. I want to believe t … more →

Tags: Narrative, Video Games


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