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A Few Thoughts on L.A. Noire
Posted: June 21, 2011 by aegisfang in game design, Game Genres, Games and Writing, New MediaTags: game reviewing, gameplay, videogames
In the month or so since L.A. Noire has come out, I have read review after review proclaiming it to be a revolutionary game. I have heard this before. Reviewers call games genre-changers or “like nothing I’ve ever seen before” or innovative or even, if you’ll excuse the terrible pun, “game-changers”. I hear this yet [...]
Id, Ego, Superego… Avatar?
Posted: September 11, 2010 by waltersthegreat in Game Genres, Games and LifeTags: computer games, education, game psychology, game studies, gaming, MMORPG, multiple personalities, online games, video games, videogames, World of Warcraft, WoW
Have you functioned in a dynamic online community under an avatar identity for multiple years? Do/did you operate, or recognize the possibility that you could have operated differently in that community than you do in the physical world? Have you ever consciously withheld information about your activity in that online community from the inhabitants of [...]
Difficulties Multiply
Posted: March 4, 2010 by Twitchdoctor in game design, Game Genres, Games and LifeTags: Aces High, difficulty, flight simulators, game design, gameplay, IL2, multiplayer combat, Over Flanders Fields, Warbirds
One of the most damaging aspects of the dominance of the military industrial edutainment complex is that it has sold so many of us on the lie that entertainment in particular and pleasure in general are purely recreational.
The Difficulty with Difficulty
Posted: February 5, 2010 by Twitchdoctor in Exemplary Games, game design, Game GenresTags: challenge, education, game design, game difficulty, game rewards, genre, learning
My friend Justin recently drew my attention to an article by game designer Brice Morrison, “How Megaman 9 Resembles. . .Real Life?” published a little over a year ago at Gamasutra. (It also appears on Morrison’s own blog, which seems to have been superceded by his current project, The Game Prodigy). Megaman 9 takes the [...]
