To break a game down and analyze it by the sum of its parts rather than the sum of its narrative is effective. Finding the mechanics of the game is a more insightful way of understanding a game because it allows a player to learn why different elements of the game work or do not […]Read Post ›

The only other reading that comes to mind is the Panopticon, the way that every aspect of life could possibly be monitored via external game systems. In a way it would turn society into prisoners, but there is always hope that won’t ever get that way. The reactions I chose to follow were: Mitu Khandaker’s […]Read Post ›

Time Fcuk is a trope, from what I did play of the game it didn’t feel like there was anything about time pressing me to move forward. Honestly, it felt like a really low res, simpler version of Portal. Aside from the narrator telling the player at the very beginning to keep moving forward, that […]Read Post ›

Based on the article and the movie, the post modern Japanese culture appears to cultivate toward robots (giant&small), longevity and vitality, and expansion into space. They almost appear to use one of the greatest catastrophes to ever befall their country as a wake up call, before then they were an empire, and now they are […]Read Post ›

The main bulk of this article centers around fan-fic and how commercial media deals with the rise of it. Fan fic writers/directors & producers practice something close to that of folk media, while the ideas are not completely original, their stories are. The article also talks about how commercial media tries to utilize folk media […]Read Post ›

I think fear had a lot to do with this outcry whether or not gamers will ever admit it. The fact that Bioware is now owned by EA has meant that it’s lost a lot of the the respect many gamers have had for it in the past. Unfortunately, despite EA being a company very […]Read Post ›

Poison from street fighter -read a very good article on her posted by Karolyn Petit on gamespot a while back, and Cortez from ME3 are the only gay/tranny characters who come to mind; other than Birdo, I don’t think she really counts since she’s not any sort of romantic interest or human for that matter. […]Read Post ›

These were some of the better videos I’ve seen in relation to the topics at hand. The Call of Juarez episode was one of the better examples of holding a developer accountable for their narrative and production. As for Tough Guise and their views on the male role in society, I would agree completely that […]Read Post ›