PopMatters Multimedia Editor
G. Christopher Williams is an Associate Professor of English at the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point. He posts his weekly contribution to the Moving Pixels blog at PopMatters every Wednesday. Besides also serving as Multimedia Editor at PopMatters and writing at his own blog, 8-bit confessional, he has also published essays in journals like Film Criticism, PostScript, and the Popular Culture Review. You won’t find him on Twitter, but you can drop him a line with that old fashioned thing called e-mail at williams@popmatters.com.
Features
Tuesday, December 16 2008
Bettie Page, Dead Since 1957
What might be remembered of the life of a woman who was long ago replaced by her own representation?
Thursday, June 5 2008
Wizards & Words: An Interview with Patrick Rothfuss
Author Patrick Rothfuss talks to PopMatters about the pivotal role of language in magic, the structure of storytelling, and the role of fantasy in contemporary fiction.
Thursday, April 24 2008
Painfully Masculine: An Interview with Benjamin Percy
With the rise of the metrosexual and the fall of the patriarchal society, some men, lost in a gray zone, compensate by joining Gold’s Gym, screaming at Packers games, and driving big-ass Hummers
Thursday, September 20 2007
Super Columbine Massacre RPG!: Can a Historic Event Be Examined Seriously By a Video Game?
Unlike more passive forms of art that largely require the participation of viewers as interpreters and observers of their subject matter, video games raise thorny questions about "viewing" content, since the action of a player is more directly participatory for the audience.
Friday, March 30 2007
The Death of Jean Baudrillard Did Not Take Place
The controversial French philosopher's legacy has been tarnished by reductionist readings of his work, generated precisely by the tendencies of the mass media he sought to illuminate.
Sid Meir's Pirates! [21.Jul.06]
Columns
Wednesday, April 24 2013
Playing to Suffer, Suffering to Play
I have found myself struck with admiration recently by games that I have played that have put me in less than empowering positions, games that celebrate difficulty and hardship, struggling and deprivation, rather than empowerment and excess.
Monday, February 25 2013
Forgive Me, Father, for I Have Simmed
I feel guilty for things that I have done in God of War. Pushing that caged man over a bed of flames to solve that block puzzle? Still not over that.
Monday, January 28 2013
Is Catherine the Last of the Manic Pixie Dream Girls?
The Manic Pixie Dream Girl not only teaches men how “to embrace life and its infinite mysteries” but also to violate taboos, the mundane, and all that which represents the prison of order and responsibility.
Tuesday, October 16 2012
Paying Too Often for Sex in Video Games
In film, the salacious is something to see. In video games, however, the salacious needs to be something to do.
Friday, August 17 2012
The Pleasures of Playing in an Economy of Pain
The greater the failure of the video game player, the greater the financial reward of the video game machine’s owner. More frustration, more 'death', used to mean more quarters per hour. These days, it means something else, entirely.
A Love Letter to 'Ms. Pac-Man' [23.Apr.12]
The Best Flash Games of 2011 [4.Jan.12]
Why Video Games Might Not Be Art [23.Aug.11]
Boys Get Naked Better than Girls [24.Jun.11]
The Best Flash Games of 2010 [29.Nov.10]
Google Image Search: A Map of America [7.May.10]
Is Suda 51 the Alfred Hitchcock of Video Games? [16.Feb.10]
Reviews
Monday, March 25 2013
'Tomb Raider': Lara Croft is Reborn... Again
This story is largely told through Lara's body in the game, as we watch her initially stumble and fall a lot, scream in terror at what confronts her, limp wounded away from a fight, and hesitate to climb heights that the older version of Lara would not have even blinked at.
Wednesday, February 13 2013
Omerta: City of Gangsters
The more one plays the larger economic game, the more one admires the game's commitment to marrying its mechanics to its themes.
Monday, February 11 2013
Kentucky Route Zero: Act I
This is a game about forward momentum and going nowhere.
Friday, February 1 2013
DmC: Devil May Cry
In a sense, the new Dante feels a bit like a Twilight-ified version of the original devil hunter.
Wednesday, November 21 2012
'Hitman: Absolution': The Thinking Gamer's Murder Simulator
Murder seems to be the thing to do this holiday season in gaming. And if there is one assassination simulator you play this year, you won't go wrong with the stealth-puzzle strategies of Hitman: Absolution.
'Darksiders II' Is a Sugary Spectacle [21.Sep.12]
Sleeping Dogs [14.Sep.12]
Civilization V: Gods & Kings [25.Jul.12]
LEGO Batman 2: DC Super Heroes [13.Jul.12]
Suda51 Is Back with 'Lollipop Chainsaw' [19.Jun.12]
Alan Wake's American Nightmare [8.Jun.12]
The Witcher 2: Assassins of Kings [4.May.12]
Anomaly: Warzone Earth [11.Apr.12]
The Sims 3: Showtime [16.Mar.12]
'Quarrel' Is 'Scrabble' Meets 'Risk' [3.Feb.12]
The OnLive Cloud Gaming System [16.Dec.11]
The Sims 3: Pets [23.Nov.11]
Dead Rising 2: Off the Record [14.Nov.11]
Batman: Arkham City [11.Nov.11]
Dark Souls [31.Oct.11]
Frantic Frigates [2.Sep.11]
Deus Ex: Human Revolution [26.Aug.11]
'Grey Story': A Boy, a Girl, and Invisibility [19.Aug.11]
'Rebuild', a Game about Zombies and the Economy [17.Aug.11]
Wii Play: Motion [27.Jun.11]
DodoGo! Robo [18.May.11]
The Next Big Thing [9.May.11]
'Portal 2': Very Much "Still Alive" [20.Apr.11]
Mario Sports Mix [25.Feb.11]
'Stacking': A Commitment to Simplicity [18.Feb.11]
Dead Rising 2: Case West [26.Jan.11]
Power Gig: Rise of the SixString [9.Nov.10]
Sonic the Hedgehog 4: Episode 1 [27.Oct.10]
Guitar Hero: Warriors of Rock [15.Oct.10]
Mafia II: Jimmy's Vendetta [22.Sep.10]
Kane & Lynch 2: Dog Days [27.Aug.10]
'Crackdown 2': Playing the Fascist [13.Aug.10]
Alpha Protocol [4.Jun.10]
Alan Wake [17.May.10]
Rooms: The Main Building [21.Apr.10]
Bioshock 2 [12.Mar.10]
No More Heroes 2 [19.Feb.10]
The Saboteur [8.Jan.10]
Astro Boy: The Video Game [2.Dec.09]
Fatale: Exploring Salome [9.Oct.09]
Wet [25.Sep.09]
The Beatles: Rock Band [18.Sep.09]
Majesty 2 [16.Sep.09]
Batman: Arkham Asylum [4.Sep.09]
Prototype [10.Aug.09]
Shin Megami Tensei: Devil Summoner 2 [26.Jun.09]
Ghostbusters: The Video Game [15.Jun.09]
Leisure Suit Larry: Box Office Bust [24.Apr.09]
The Godfather II [17.Apr.09]
Eat Lead: Return of Matt Hazard [25.Mar.09]
SimAnimals [27.Feb.09]
Iron Chef America: Supreme Cuisine (Wii Version) [16.Feb.09]
Tom Clancy's EndWar [2.Feb.09]
Prince of Persia [23.Jan.09]
Call of Duty: World at War [9.Jan.09]
Quantum of Solace [12.Dec.08]
Saints Row 2 [31.Oct.08]
Viva Piñata: Trouble in Paradise [29.Oct.08]
Lego Batman [17.Oct.08]
Too Human [15.Oct.08]
Order Up! [27.Aug.08]
Robert Ludlum's The Bourne Conspiracy [8.Aug.08]
Battlefield: Bad Company [1.Aug.08]
Battle of the Bands [4.Jun.08]
Grand Theft Auto IV [30.May.08]
Obscure: The Aftermath [19.May.08]
NiGHTS: Journey of Dreams [7.Apr.08]
Bully: Scholarship Edition [4.Apr.08]
Devil May Cry 4 [28.Mar.08]
Turok [3.Mar.08]
Endless Ocean [13.Feb.08]
Soulcalibur Legends [14.Jan.08]
Assassins Creed [7.Jan.08]
Conan [16.Nov.07]
Spider Man: Friend or Foe [5.Nov.07]
Stranglehold [12.Oct.07]
Guitar Hero Encore: Rocks the 80s [12.Sep.07]
Tenchu Z [6.Aug.07]
Tomb Raider: Anniversary [13.Jul.07]
Made Man [25.May.07]
Def Jam: Icon [13.Apr.07]
Ghost Rider [30.Mar.07]
Sam & Max: Season 1, Episodes 1-3 [23.Mar.07]
Saints Row [12.Feb.07]
Dead or Alive Xtreme 2 [29.Jan.07]
The Sopranos [1.Dec.06]
Bully [7.Nov.06]
Scarface [27.Oct.06]
Lego Star Wars II: The Original Trilogy [12.Oct.06]
The Movies: Stunts and Effects [17.Aug.06]
Massively Multiplayer Pong [24.Jul.06]
Outlaw Volleyball Remixed [18.Aug.05]
Advent Rising [22.Jul.05]
Destroy All Humans! [15.Jul.05]
Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas [1.Jul.05]
Lego Star Wars: The Video Game [3.Jun.05]
Capcom Fighting Evolution [27.Apr.05]
Freedom Force vs. The Third Reich [6.Apr.05]
The Strangerhood [2.Mar.05]
Playboy: The Mansion [16.Feb.05]
Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater [3.Feb.05]
The Bard's Tale [1.Dec.04]
Bush Shoot-Out! [17.Nov.04]
Sly 2: Band of Thieves [5.Nov.04]
Zoo Tycoon 2 [20.Oct.04]
Spider-Man 2 [7.Oct.04]
True Crime: Streets of LA [11.Aug.04]
Psi-Ops: The Mindgate Conspiracy [15.Jul.04]
City of Heroes [21.Apr.04]
Mafia [24.Mar.04]
Champions of Norrath: Realms of Everquest [25.Feb.04]
Fugitive Hunter: War on Terror [27.Jan.04]
Final Fantasy X-2 [7.Jan.04]
The Movies [1.Jan.95]
X-Men Legends II: Rise of Apocalypse [1.Jan.95]
Kingdom Hearts II [1.Jan.95]
Tomb Raider: Legend [1.Jan.95]
Graffiti Kingdom [1.Jan.95]
City of Villains [1.Jan.95]
The Godfather [1.Jan.95]
Still Life [1.Jan.95]
Fantastic 4 [1.Jan.95]
True Crime: New York City [1.Jan.95]
Blogs
Wednesday, May 15 2013
A Cleaner, More Hygienic Apocalypse
While one would hope that humanity would aspire to a cleaner, post-apocalyptic condition, for the sake of art I guess I have to settle for dirty toilets and filth encrusted walls.
Monday, May 13 2013
The Moving Pixels Podcast Explores Minimalism in Video Games
This week, it's minimalism. It's video games. What more can we say?
Wednesday, May 8 2013
Putting My Girl Back Together Again
Sometimes an instruction as simple as "Press X" in a video game can lead to something profoundly familiar, profoundly intimate.
Wednesday, May 1 2013
There's always a lighthouse. There's always a man. There's always a city.
We follow that disembodied tutorial voice without ever asking why. And even when we don't, when we insist on attempting to ignore those prompts, we find that ultimately we are chained to the elements necessary to drive the plot of Bioshock Infinite (or any game) forward.
Monday, April 29 2013
The Moving Pixels Podcast Explores the Infinite... 'Bioshock Infinite'
From whether we can stand a huge helping of Disney Princess behavior to considering what lurks behind that doorway to the infinite, the Moving Pixels podcast explores the infinite possibilities of Bioshock Infinite.
Soft Core Gaming (Moving Pixels) [17.Apr.13]
Endless Play, Endlessly Pursued Goals, and Just Remember: “Don't Starve” (Moving Pixels) [10.Apr.13]
Moving Pixels Podcast: The New Shape of Lara Croft (Moving Pixels) [8.Apr.13]
Gotta Catch 'Em ALL: Being Programmed to Collect (Moving Pixels) [3.Apr.13]
Watching People Watching People Play (Moving Pixels) [27.Mar.13]
With Great Vulnerability, Comes Great Brutality: The Evisceration of Lara Croft (Moving Pixels) [20.Mar.13]
The Moving Pixels Podcast Has The Fireplace that Burns at 100 Billion Degrees (Moving Pixels) [18.Mar.13]
We're Sorry, Pauline, But Your Plumber Is in Another Castle (Moving Pixels) [13.Mar.13]
“Why Is She So Feminine?” (Moving Pixels) [6.Mar.13]
Moving Pixels Podcast: A Heart, Sure, But a Soul for 'Dishonored'? (Moving Pixels) [4.Mar.13]
A Space for the Boys: Considering the Gendered Quality of Arcade Culture (Moving Pixels) [20.Feb.13]
Moving Pixels Podcast: Assassination American Style (Moving Pixels) [18.Feb.13]
I don't think you can win this game. On the box, it says it's a tragedy. (Moving Pixels) [13.Feb.13]
Size, Grandeur, and the Inevitable Disappointment of the Boss Fight (Moving Pixels) [6.Feb.13]
Moving Pixels Podcast: The Unsettling Allure of Violence in 'Hotline Miami' (Moving Pixels) [4.Feb.13]
A Strategy for Dying (Moving Pixels) [30.Jan.13]
A Stranger in His Own Land, or 'Assassin's Creed III' and the Alien (Moving Pixels) [23.Jan.13]
Moving Pixels Podcast: Our Best Games of 2012 (Moving Pixels) [21.Jan.13]
Laying Bare the Protagonist: The Hypersexualization of Bayonetta and Dante (Moving Pixels) [16.Jan.13]
More Masks, More Deviants: Understanding Our Role in 'Hotline Miami' (Moving Pixels) [9.Jan.13]
Moving Pixels Podcast: The End of 'The Walking Dead' (Moving Pixels) [7.Jan.13]
'Bientôt l’été': More “notgaming” from Tale of Tales (Moving Pixels) [12.Dec.12]
'Grand Theft Auto V' Giving up on the Dream of American Upward Mobility? (Moving Pixels) [5.Dec.12]
Moving Pixels Podcast: Experiencing 'XCOM' Again for the First Time (Moving Pixels) [3.Dec.12]
Moving Pixels Podcast: Winding Down 'The Walking Dead' (Moving Pixels) [19.Nov.12]
The Heart of an Empress: The Surveillance State and 'Dishonored' (Moving Pixels) [14.Nov.12]
“Remember to Save Often”: The Meta-Game Tactics of 'Dishonored' (Moving Pixels) [7.Nov.12]
Moving Pixels Podcast: 'Borderlands 2,' Like 'Borderlands' But '2' (Moving Pixels) [5.Nov.12]
Experiencing Racial Identities: Passing in 'Assassin's Creed: Liberation' (Moving Pixels) [31.Oct.12]
Moving Pixels Podcast: Spaceships and Sadism, The Universe of 'FTL' (Moving Pixels) [22.Oct.12]
Daddy's Little Gamer, Daddy's Little Murderer (Moving Pixels) [10.Oct.12]
Moving Pixels Podcast: The Paths Not Taken in 'The Walking Dead' (Moving Pixels) [8.Oct.12]
Self Actualization and the Mini-Roguelike (Moving Pixels) [3.Oct.12]
Thinking About 'Cunt' (Moving Pixels) [26.Sep.12]
Moving Pixels Podcast: Disarming the Open World with 'Sleeping Dogs' (Moving Pixels) [24.Sep.12]
Brevity, Death, and Replay Value (Moving Pixels) [19.Sep.12]
Moving Pixels Podcast: Attack of the Game Clones (Moving Pixels) [10.Sep.12]
Dressing Up and Dressing Down: Clothing, Semiotics, and 'Sleeping Dogs' (Moving Pixels) [5.Sep.12]
Moving Pixels Podcast: X-ploring 'X-Com' (Moving Pixels) [20.Aug.12]
Moving Pixels Podcast: Why Do We Love Shooters? (Moving Pixels) [13.Aug.12]
Moving Pixels Podcast: Physicality and Video Games (Moving Pixels) [6.Aug.12]
U Mad? (Moving Pixels) [1.Aug.12]
I Admire Your Ability to Lose (Moving Pixels) [18.Jul.12]
Moving Pixels Podcast: Starved for 'The Walking Dead' (Moving Pixels) [16.Jul.12]
Defending Lara (Moving Pixels) [11.Jul.12]
The Moving Pixels Podcast Watches 'Indie Game: The Movie' (Moving Pixels) [9.Jul.12]
Moving Pixels Podcast: Single Player Economics (Moving Pixels) [2.Jul.12]
The Body of the Barbarian (Moving Pixels) [27.Jun.12]
Moving Pixels Podcast: Kickstarter, Crowd Sourcing, and Game Development (Moving Pixels) [26.Jun.12]
Lollipops and Chainsaws: Doesn't Anyone Listen to Punk Anymore? (Moving Pixels) [20.Jun.12]
Moving Pixels Podcast: The Return of Payne (Moving Pixels) [18.Jun.12]
Moving Pixels Podcast: Reviving the Adventure Genre with 'The Walking Dead' (Moving Pixels) [11.Jun.12]
Alan Wake's Women (Moving Pixels) [6.Jun.12]
Moving Pixels Podcast: A Look Back at 'No One Lives Forever' (Moving Pixels) [4.Jun.12]
Moving Pixels Podcast: Politics and Pathos in 'The Witcher 2' (Moving Pixels) [29.May.12]
'Max Payne 3': A Shooting Gallery with Teeth (Moving Pixels) [23.May.12]
Moving Pixels Podcast: Who Do You Not Want to Be? (Moving Pixels) [21.May.12]
Like 'Doom', In Heels (Moving Pixels) [16.May.12]
The End of the Adventure Game (Moving Pixels) [9.May.12]
Moving Pixels Podcast: Putting 'Fez' into Perspective (Moving Pixels) [7.May.12]
Little Naked Men in Hats (Moving Pixels) [2.May.12]
Moving Pixels Podcast: Live Action Video Games (Moving Pixels) [30.Apr.12]
Moving Pixels Podcast: Investigating 'Anomaly' (Moving Pixels) [23.Apr.12]
My Most Hated Video Game Foe: Fire (Moving Pixels) [18.Apr.12]
Moving Pixels Podcast: Top 5 Arcade Games of All-Time (Moving Pixels) [16.Apr.12]
The Limits of Retro Gaming Experiences (Moving Pixels) [11.Apr.12]
Moving Pixels Podcast: Gaming "For Freedom!" (Moving Pixels) [9.Apr.12]
Moving Pixels Podcast: 'Mass Effect 3', Our Conclusions and 'the' Conclusion (Moving Pixels) [2.Apr.12]
Death of a Quarian (Moving Pixels) [28.Mar.12]
Moving Pixels Podcast: The 'Mass Effect' Effect (Moving Pixels) [26.Mar.12]
Machismo and 'Mass Effect' (Moving Pixels) [21.Mar.12]
Moving Pixels Podcast: Stereotypes Vs. Archetypes in Video Games (Moving Pixels) [19.Mar.12]
You Can't Go Home Again: Why Nintendo Shouldn't Grow Up (Moving Pixels) [14.Mar.12]
Moving Pixels Podcast: Back to Isaac's Basement (Moving Pixels) [12.Mar.12]
Moving Pixels Podcast: Gaming Without the Geek (Moving Pixels) [5.Mar.12]
Returning to My Own Vomit: Playing 'The Binding of Isaac' (Moving Pixels) [22.Feb.12]
Moving Pixels Podcast: They Make Games on Boards Still? (Moving Pixels) [20.Feb.12]
Fearing God, Fearing the Body: The Theology of 'The Binding of Isaac' (Moving Pixels) [15.Feb.12]
The Moving Pixels Podcast Joins the 'League of Legends' (Moving Pixels) [13.Feb.12]
Lana Del Rey's “Video Games” and, Well, Video Games (Moving Pixels) [8.Feb.12]
The Moving Pixels Podcast Explores the World of 'Skyrim' (Moving Pixels) [6.Feb.12]
Big Games and Little Boys (Moving Pixels) [1.Feb.12]
Moving Pixels Podcast: Grand Theft Stupid? (Moving Pixels) [30.Jan.12]
Moving Pixels Podcast: Leaving the Asylum for the City (Moving Pixels) [23.Jan.12]
Post-It Note Role-Playing, or the White-Collar Warriors of 'Skyrim' (Moving Pixels) [18.Jan.12]
Moving Pixels Podcast: Exploring Open Worlds (Moving Pixels) [16.Jan.12]
Requiem for a Tiny Internet (Moving Pixels) [11.Jan.12]
Moving Pixels Podcast: Game of the Year Edition (Moving Pixels) [9.Jan.12]
Vulnerable Icons and the Bat's Need for a Cat (Moving Pixels) [4.Jan.12]
The Problem of the Female Gangster (Moving Pixels) [14.Dec.11]
Moving Pixels Podcast: The Curse of 3s, or the 2011 Holiday Gaming Season (Moving Pixels) [12.Dec.11]
The Moving Pixels Podcast Discusses 'Deus Ex: Human Revolution' (Moving Pixels) [5.Dec.11]
A Holiday Season Awash in Competence (Moving Pixels) [30.Nov.11]
Moving Pixels Podcast: The "Girlfriend on a Couch" Edition (Moving Pixels) [28.Nov.11]
The "Subtle" Sex Appeal of 'Saints Row: The Third' (Moving Pixels) [23.Nov.11]
Necessary Failure: Some Late Thoughts on 'The Path' (Moving Pixels) [16.Nov.11]
The Moving Pixels Podcast Reconsiders the Cutscene (Moving Pixels) [14.Nov.11]
Batman and “Bitches” (Moving Pixels) [9.Nov.11]
Moving Pixels Podcast: Another Princess, Another Boss Fight (Moving Pixels) [7.Nov.11]
Developing Games with the Player: An Interview with Rick Dakan of Mob Rules Games (Moving Pixels) [2.Nov.11]
Moving Pixels Podcast: The End of the War (Moving Pixels) [31.Oct.11]
Dead Again: Notes on the Impermanence of the Virtual Body (Moving Pixels) [26.Oct.11]
Moving Pixels Podcast: What Makes a Gamer? (Moving Pixels) [24.Oct.11]
Self Indulgence or Self Realization?: Sony's “Michael” Ad (Moving Pixels) [19.Oct.11]
Moving Pixels Podcast: What's the Point of Points? (Moving Pixels) [17.Oct.11]
A Quiet Start Screen Speaks Volumes (Moving Pixels) [12.Oct.11]
Moving Pixels Podcast: Fun, Sun, Zombies (Moving Pixels) [10.Oct.11]
Living for the Short Term Grind (Moving Pixels) [5.Oct.11]
The Moving Pixels Podcast on 'CivWorld' and Social Gaming (Moving Pixels) [3.Oct.11]
Paying to Own, Paying to Compete: Monetizing the Social Game (Moving Pixels) [28.Sep.11]
Moving Pixels Podcast: The Role of Cheating in Video Games (Moving Pixels) [26.Sep.11]
Could You Carry Our Stuff? Oh, and Maybe the Plot, Too, While You're at It (Moving Pixels) [21.Sep.11]
The Moving Pixels Podcast Is Being Difficult (Moving Pixels) [19.Sep.11]
Parenting with 'Angry Birds' (Moving Pixels) [14.Sep.11]
Moving Pixels Podcast: Art, Commerce, and the Auteur in Video Games (Moving Pixels) [12.Sep.11]
In Some Games, It's the Pattern, Not the Plot, That Makes Them Beautiful (Moving Pixels) [7.Sep.11]
Cut to the Chase: Undressing the Video Game Plot (Moving Pixels) [31.Aug.11]
Moving Pixels Podcast: More Great Flash Games for 2011 (Moving Pixels) [30.Aug.11]
The Five Games That Actually Should Be on the Nintendo 3DS (Moving Pixels) [24.Aug.11]
Sorry, But Our Princess Wants to Be in Another Castle (Moving Pixels) [17.Aug.11]
The Taming of the Dude: ‘Catherine’ and the Sex Comedy (Moving Pixels) [10.Aug.11]
On the Clock: Narrative and Gameplay Tension in ‘Catherine’ (Moving Pixels) [3.Aug.11]
In the Grip of the Paternal: Thomas Brush’s 'Skinny' (Moving Pixels) [27.Jul.11]
Moving Pixels Podcast: Madness and Maturity in the 'Shadows of the Damned' (Moving Pixels) [25.Jul.11]
Moving Pixels Podcast: The Grotesque Wonderland of 'Alice: Madness Returns' (Moving Pixels) [18.Jul.11]
“I would kill the world before it did you harm” (Moving Pixels) [13.Jul.11]
Moving Pixels Podcast: To Live and Die in 'L.A. Noire' (Moving Pixels) [12.Jul.11]
'Shadows of the Damned': Punk's Not Dead? (Moving Pixels) [29.Jun.11]
Moving Pixels Podcast: In Defense of Tower Defense (Moving Pixels) [27.Jun.11]
Watching As Gameplay: 'L.A. Noire' Merely a Visual Novel? (Moving Pixels) [22.Jun.11]
Moving Pixels Podcast: Reflections on E3 2011 (Moving Pixels) [20.Jun.11]
The Comforts of Home: Defending Applebee's in 'Modern Warfare 2' (Moving Pixels) [15.Jun.11]
Moving Pixels Podcast: A Look at Inclusivity in Video Games (Moving Pixels) [13.Jun.11]
The Best of Thoughtful Gaming Podcasts (Moving Pixels) [8.Jun.11]
'L.A. Noire': The Fatalism of American Sticktoitiveness (Moving Pixels) [1.Jun.11]
Moving Pixels Podcast: 2011 Flash Game Round Up (Moving Pixels) [23.May.11]
Defining Our Relationship to the Software: Jonas Kyratzes's 'Alphaland' (Moving Pixels) [18.May.11]
Moving Pixels Podcast: A Conversation from a Critical Distance (Moving Pixels) [16.May.11]
A Digital Cowboy Takes Aim at Geeks Sneering at Other Geeks (Mixed Media) [13.May.11]
Moving Pixels Podcast: Stepping Forward into 'Portal 2' (Moving Pixels) [9.May.11]
“Her Name Is Caroline”: Identifying the Misbehaving Woman in 'Portal 2' (Moving Pixels) [4.May.11]
Moving Pixels Podcast: Everyone Is the Champion of Kirkwall (Moving Pixels) [2.May.11]
'Portal 2' and the Politics of Stupidity (Moving Pixels) [27.Apr.11]
Moving Pixels Podcast: The Utter Miscellany Episode (Moving Pixels) [25.Apr.11]
Moving Pixels Podcast: Stepping Back into 'Portal' (Moving Pixels) [18.Apr.11]
A Study in Sado-Masochism: 'Lesbian Spider-Queens of Mars' (Moving Pixels) [13.Apr.11]
Moving Pixels Podcast: Rewinding 'The Last Express' (Moving Pixels) [11.Apr.11]
War, Death, Wagers: Cormac McCarthy on Video Games (Moving Pixels) [6.Apr.11]
Moving Pixels Podcast: The Evolution of Hack and Slash (Moving Pixels) [4.Apr.11]
Be Careful What You Say: Conversation in the 'Dragon Age' Series (Moving Pixels) [30.Mar.11]
Moving Pixels Podcast: You Just Aren't Looking So Good, Old Video Games (Moving Pixels) [28.Mar.11]
Moving Pixels Podcast: The Superhero and the Video Game (Moving Pixels) [21.Mar.11]
You Had Me at “Invisible Trousers” (Moving Pixels) [16.Mar.11]
Moving Pixels Podcast: Boys, Bullets, 'Bulletstorm' (Moving Pixels) [14.Mar.11]
We Need to Stop Saying That Games Tell Bad Stories (Moving Pixels) [9.Mar.11]
'Bulletstorm': Murder by the Numbers (Moving Pixels) [2.Mar.11]
Moving Pixels Podcast: It's Very Dead... in Space (Moving Pixels) [28.Feb.11]
'High Tea': Reflex Economics, or a Twitch-Based Economy (Moving Pixels) [23.Feb.11]
Moving Pixels Podcast: Things to Do in Space When You're Dead (Moving Pixels) [21.Feb.11]
Visceral Games, Body Horror, and the Monstrous Female Body (Moving Pixels) [16.Feb.11]
Isaac Clarke: Intergalactic Handyman (Moving Pixels) [9.Feb.11]
Moving Pixels Podcast: Storytelling in 'Enslaved' (Moving Pixels) [7.Feb.11]
Namelessness, Thy Name Is Monkey (Moving Pixels) [2.Feb.11]
Moving Pixels Podcast: Participating in the Gruesome Spectacle of 'Dead Rising 2' (Moving Pixels) [31.Jan.11]
Elf Shot the Food: The Inevitability of Discord in Co-Op 'Gauntlet' (Moving Pixels) [26.Jan.11]
The Best Gaming Moments of 2010 (Moving Pixels) [24.Jan.11]
Time for Consequences: Moral Dilemmas in 'Dead Rising' (Moving Pixels) [19.Jan.11]
Moving Pixels Podcast: Revising the Cold War in 'Black Ops' (Moving Pixels) [17.Jan.11]
The Politics of Submission: The Romance of 'Enslaved' (Moving Pixels) [12.Jan.11]
Moving Pixels Podcast: The World of 'Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood' (Moving Pixels) [10.Jan.11]
2010 High Scores List at 'Kill Screen' (Mixed Media) [7.Jan.11]
A Single Player Experience in a Multiplayer Universe: The 'DCU Online' Beta (Moving Pixels) [6.Jan.11]
Moving Pixels: 2010 Game of the Year Edition (Moving Pixels) [5.Jan.11]
Moving Pixels Podcast: The Best of Last Generation Gaming (Moving Pixels) [3.Jan.11]
Deadly Premonition (Consuming Consumables) [16.Dec.10]
The Miracle Is in the Execution: The Indifferent Kill in 'Assassin's Creed' (Moving Pixels) [15.Dec.10]
Moving Pixels Podcast: Exploring New Vegas (Moving Pixels) [13.Dec.10]
Art Academy (Consuming Consumables) [8.Dec.10]
Everybody Wants to Own the World (Moving Pixels) [8.Dec.10]
Moving Pixels Podcast: Exploring Albion in 'Fable III' (Moving Pixels) [6.Dec.10]
Mafia II (Consuming Consumables) [6.Dec.10]
Bioshock 2 (Consuming Consumables) [2.Dec.10]
'Mafia II' Goes Retro with 'Joe's Adventures', Early 2000s Retro That Is (Moving Pixels) [1.Dec.10]
Moving Pixels Podcast: The Undead Invade New Austin (Moving Pixels) [29.Nov.10]
'Fallout', the “To Do” List Simulator (Moving Pixels) [24.Nov.10]
Red Dead Redemption (Consuming Consumables) [23.Nov.10]
Moving Pixels Podcast: Role Playing Elements in Other Video Games (Moving Pixels) [22.Nov.10]
Rock Band 3 (Publisher: MTV Games, Format: Xbox 360, Playstation 3, Wii) (Consuming Consumables) [17.Nov.10]
Moving Pixels Podcast: The 'Minecraft' Experience (Moving Pixels) [15.Nov.10]
'Red Dead Redemption: Undead Nightmare': A Little Incompetence Goes a Long Way (Moving Pixels) [10.Nov.10]
Moving Pixels Podcast: All Those Necessary Supplements -- A Discussion of Downloadable Content (Moving Pixels) [8.Nov.10]
'Fable 3': An Uncompromising Commitment to Whimsy (Moving Pixels) [3.Nov.10]
Moving Pixels Podcast: Our Favorite Horror Games (Moving Pixels) [1.Nov.10]
'Fallout': The Scrounging Simulator (Moving Pixels) [27.Oct.10]
Moving Pixels Podcast: Schooling the Video Game Tutorial (Moving Pixels) [25.Oct.10]
Death Is a Strange Reward: The 'Gretel and Hansel' Series (Moving Pixels) [20.Oct.10]
I Don't Know How to Play (Moving Pixels) [13.Oct.10]
Moving Pixels Podcast: Ideal Evil in Video Games (Moving Pixels) [11.Oct.10]
'Professor Layton' and the Curious Compulsion Towards Improvement (Moving Pixels) [6.Oct.10]
Moving Pixels Podcast: Real Evil in Video Games (Moving Pixels) [4.Oct.10]
Game, Narrative, and Bristol Palin in 'Dancing With the Stars' (Moving Pixels) [29.Sep.10]
Moving Pixels Podcast: Death & The Video Game Player (Moving Pixels) [27.Sep.10]
Moving Pixels Podcast: A Brief Review of This Year's Indie Games (Moving Pixels) [20.Sep.10]
Samus Aran Has Always Been Sexualized (Moving Pixels) [15.Sep.10]
The Name Above the Title (Moving Pixels) [8.Sep.10]
Moving Pixels Podcast: Masculinity and the Male Body in Video Games (Moving Pixels) [7.Sep.10]
Prude Nudes: Prison Rape, Playboy, and 'Mafia II' (Moving Pixels) [1.Sep.10]
Moving Pixels Podcast: Femininity and the Female Body in Video Games (Moving Pixels) [30.Aug.10]
“Real Ain't Pretty”: The Ugly Aesthetic of Kane & Lynch (Moving Pixels) [25.Aug.10]
Moving Pixels Podcast: Co-operative Gameplay (Moving Pixels) [23.Aug.10]
Lara Croft: The Arcade Game, Considering 'Lara Croft and the Guardian of Light' (Moving Pixels) [18.Aug.10]
Moving Pixels Podcast: Dressing the Part -- Character Customization in Video Games (Moving Pixels) [16.Aug.10]
Chun-Li’s Thighs (Moving Pixels) [11.Aug.10]
Moving Pixels Podcast: Further Explorations of 'Limbo' (Moving Pixels) [9.Aug.10]
Brutalizing Children in ‘Limbo’ (Moving Pixels) [4.Aug.10]
Moving Pixels Podcast: Max Payne in Love (Moving Pixels) [2.Aug.10]
Girls Suck at Video Games (Mixed Media) [29.Jul.10]
Pac-Man Will Die: Cynicism and Retro Game “Endings” (Moving Pixels) [28.Jul.10]
Live Performance of Red Dead Redemption's "Far Away" (Mixed Media) [27.Jul.10]
50 Nintendo Spoilers in 2 Minutes (Mixed Media) [21.Jul.10]
Experiencing Waking: Thomas Brush’s ‘Coma’ (Moving Pixels) [21.Jul.10]
Moving Pixels Podcast: Games We Want to Play (Moving Pixels) [19.Jul.10]
Abusing the World: An Aesthetics of Demolition (Moving Pixels) [14.Jul.10]
Moving Pixels Podcast: The World of 'Max Payne' (Moving Pixels) [12.Jul.10]
Possession As a Metaphor for the Player-Character Relationship (Moving Pixels) [7.Jul.10]
8-Bit 'Twilight Eclipse' Interactive by Doc Octoroc (Mixed Media) [30.Jun.10]
Imitating Intimacy in Video Games (Moving Pixels) [30.Jun.10]
Moving Pixels Podcast: 'Red Dead Redemption' Part 2 (Moving Pixels) [28.Jun.10]
All This Useless Interactivity (Moving Pixels) [23.Jun.10]
Moving Pixels Podcast: Exploring the Capital Wasteland (Moving Pixels) [14.Jun.10]
The Dastardly Achievement (Moving Pixels) [9.Jun.10]
Moving Pixels Podcast: The World of 'Alan Wake' (Moving Pixels) [7.Jun.10]
Slow Starters: Deadly Premonition, Assassin's Creed II, Alpha Protocol (Moving Pixels) [2.Jun.10]
You Say Apocalypse, I Say Retro Chic (Moving Pixels) [26.May.10]
Moving Pixels Podcast: The World of 'Assassin's Creed' (Moving Pixels) [24.May.10]
The Satisfaction of a Switch (Moving Pixels) [19.May.10]
Moving Pixels Podcast: The World of Bioshock (Moving Pixels) [17.May.10]
But Who Am I?: Schizophrenia as a Metaphor for the Player-Character Relationship (Moving Pixels) [12.May.10]
Moving Pixels Podcast: The World of Mass Effect (Moving Pixels) [10.May.10]
Homeward Bound: Odysseus, Frogger, and a Simple Teleology of Play (Moving Pixels) [5.May.10]
Moving Pixels Podcast: The World of Batman: Arkham Asylum (Moving Pixels) [3.May.10]
Every Girl's Crazy 'Bout a Sharp Dressed Avatar (Moving Pixels) [28.Apr.10]
Moving Pixels Podcast: The Best of Video Game Storytelling (Moving Pixels) [27.Apr.10]
Hamlet: The Video Game (Moving Pixels) [21.Apr.10]
Moving Pixels Podcast: Emergent Stories in Video Games (Moving Pixels) [19.Apr.10]
Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Game (Moving Pixels) [14.Apr.10]
Moving Pixels Podcast: Mystery Stories in Video Games (Moving Pixels) [12.Apr.10]
Building a Better Murderer (Moving Pixels) [7.Apr.10]
Moving Pixels Podcast: Of Plumbers and Princesses, or Love Stories in Video Games (Moving Pixels) [5.Apr.10]
An Intimate Moment With the Computer (Moving Pixels) [31.Mar.10]
Moving Pixels Podcast: War Stories in Video Games, or Lovin' the Battlefield (Moving Pixels) [29.Mar.10]
Hippolyta: A Study in Simplicity (Moving Pixels) [24.Mar.10]
Moving Pixels Podcast: The Role of Story in Video Games (Moving Pixels) [22.Mar.10]
Elegance Is a Shotgun (Moving Pixels) [17.Mar.10]
Sorry, Dante, but your princess is in another castle (Moving Pixels) [3.Mar.10]
Making a Case for 'Vice' (Moving Pixels) [24.Feb.10]
How Games Might Challenge the Tyranny of Authorship (Moving Pixels) [17.Feb.10]
Of Philosophy in 'Bioshock 2': Some Words from the Devs (Moving Pixels) [10.Feb.10]
Love Is a Backwards Kick: The Romance of Karateka (Moving Pixels) [3.Feb.10]
The Video Game Aesthetics of Spartacus: Blood and Sand (Moving Pixels) [27.Jan.10]
Learning from Loading Screens: The Pedagogy of Bayonetta (Moving Pixels) [20.Jan.10]
Spectacular Voyeurism: Bayonetta and Hyper-Spectacle (Moving Pixels) [13.Jan.10]
The Value of Nudity: Considering The Saboteur (Moving Pixels) [6.Jan.10]
Assassin's Creed II (Consuming Consumables) [18.Dec.09]
Viva Pinata: Trouble in Paradise (Consuming Consumables) [17.Dec.09]
MySims Agents (Consuming Consumables) [16.Dec.09]
Landscape Painting and the Vistas of Assassin's Creed II (Moving Pixels) [16.Dec.09]
Locomotion, Parkour, and the Illusion of Competence in Video Games (Moving Pixels) [9.Dec.09]
LEGO Rock Band (Consuming Consumables) [7.Dec.09]
Prince of Persia (Consuming Consumables) [3.Dec.09]
Godfather II (Consuming Consumables) [3.Dec.09]
Ms. Pac-Man: Post Feminist Icon (Moving Pixels) [2.Dec.09]
Batman: Arkham Asylum (Consuming Consumables) [30.Nov.09]
Uniforms Are Relics: Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 (Moving Pixels) [18.Nov.09]
The Ballad of Gay Tony Is the Straightest Grand Theft Auto Ever (Moving Pixels) [11.Nov.09]
Democratizing Dictatorship: Tropico 3 (Moving Pixels) [4.Nov.09]
Hard Boiled Heroism For the Kids: MySims Agents (Moving Pixels) [28.Oct.09]
Inclusive Criminality: Multiculturalism and Saint's Row (Moving Pixels) [21.Oct.09]
The Gleam of Electric Sex: What Video Games Might (or Might Not) Teach Us About Sex (Moving Pixels) [14.Oct.09]
Moving Pixels Plays Telephone Part 2: “Ganking” Broken Systems in Video Games (Moving Pixels) [7.Oct.09]
The Weirdly Sexed Up Evony Advertising Campaign (Moving Pixels) [30.Sep.09]
Elegant Tramps: The Bodies of Lara Croft and Rubi Malone (Moving Pixels) [23.Sep.09]
Active Learning: The Pedagogy of the Game Tutorial (Moving Pixels) [16.Sep.09]
Are We Allowed to Hate Ourselves? Reconsidering the Prince of Persia (Moving Pixels) [9.Sep.09]
Project Runway As a Game? The Problems of Evaluating Style in Video Games (Moving Pixels) [2.Sep.09]
It's Always More Fun Killing Nazis (Moving Pixels) [26.Aug.09]
The Pleasures of the Conventional: Considering the Call of Juarez Series (Moving Pixels) [19.Aug.09]
Sympathy for the Thugs That We Can't Help Being When We Play Grand Theft Auto (Moving Pixels) [12.Aug.09]
Thou Shalt Deal, But Thou Shalt Not Use: The Curious Ethics of Grand Theft Auto (Moving Pixels) [29.Jul.09]
Music, Nostalgia, and Force: Grand Theft Auto and Sensory Immersion (Moving Pixels) [22.Jul.09]
The Realities of Aging in Video Game Characters (Moving Pixels) [15.Jul.09]
Mario: Upward Mobility and the Working Class Hero (Moving Pixels) [1.Jul.09]
Zen and the Art of Playing Video Games (Moving Pixels) [24.Jun.09]
Splatter Porn and Additionally Strange Visual Stimulation in Video Games (Moving Pixels) [17.Jun.09]
Piñata Porn and Other Strange Visual Stimulation in Video Games (Moving Pixels) [10.Jun.09]
“Keepin' It (Kinda) Real”: Characterization and Authenticity in Video Games (Moving Pixels) [3.Jun.09]
Killing My Avatar, Killing Myself? (Moving Pixels) [29.May.08]
