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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 [...]
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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
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The Critic versus the Consumer
Posted: March 25, 2011 by Twitchdoctor in Games and Life, Games and WritingWhen everything seems to be going pretty well in my research, writing, and teaching worlds it is usually a sure sign that the bottom is about to fall out of something. Or maybe everything. Sometimes, however, it produces a productive overlap where my teaching helps shape my writing and research agenda which in turn helps [...]
