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, Neuromance, 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
Monday, December 15 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, January 4 2012
The Best Flash Games of 2011
These games taught me: the danger of following the rules; the pleasing presence of unexpected personalities; the pleasures of a well paced and meditative process; the joys of a frantic and chaotic twitch-fest and; the satisfaction derived from a game that brings out my inner masochist.
Tuesday, October 25 2011
Other Princesses, Other Castles: The Problem with Playing Romantically in Video Games
The insensibly repetitious nature of romance present in both video game plots and in their mechanics leads to all too familiar storytelling.
Tuesday, August 23 2011
Why Video Games Might Not Be Art
Roger Ebert might have a point when he claims that 'games can never be art'. At least, Aristotle and T.S. Eliot would have agreed.
Friday, June 24 2011
Boys Get Naked Better than Girls
In games like Kabod Online, male characters expose themselves to an audience. This makes them look stronger, more powerful, more manly than they do with their clothes on.
Friday, April 29 2011
Rewind to Advance: Jordan Mechner's Games with Time
Games feature the ability to constantly challenge the forward momentum of time, rewinding (as it were) to reconsider the best route to reach a more optimal solution, challenging what we know about time and how we consider consequence.
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
Friday, February 3 2012
'Quarrel' Is 'Scrabble' Meets 'Risk'
Quarrel is Scrabble meets Risk. It fixes some of the problems of Risk, while adding a few new irritations of its own.
Friday, December 16 2011
The OnLive Cloud Gaming System
OnLive does feel something like the future of digital distribution.
Wednesday, November 23 2011
The Sims 3: Pets
Strangely, The Sims 3: Pets put me, as a gamer, on more of a leash, and I frankly like it all the more for doing so.
Monday, November 14 2011
Dead Rising 2: Off the Record
Weirdly, I want to suggest that Dead Rising has more in common with The Sims than it does, say, Resident Evil because its emphasis is on efficiency, not horror in the traditional sense.
Friday, November 11 2011
Batman: Arkham City
I want my prison more cramped, more uncomfortable. I want the Asylum back.
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]
Kingdom Hearts II [1.Jan.95]
X-Men Legends II: Rise of Apocalypse [1.Jan.95]
Graffiti Kingdom [1.Jan.95]
True Crime: New York City [1.Jan.95]
Tomb Raider: Legend [1.Jan.95]
The Godfather [1.Jan.95]
Still Life [1.Jan.95]
Fantastic 4 [1.Jan.95]
City of Villains [1.Jan.95]
The Movies [1.Jan.95]
Blogs
Wednesday, February 8 2012
Lana Del Rey's “Video Games” and, Well, Video Games
It isn't really a song about video games, of course. However, it is interesting for what it implies about games by taking gaming for granted as a normalized cultural practice.
Monday, February 6 2012
The Moving Pixels Podcast Explores the World of 'Skyrim'
The Moving Pixels podcast crew get together to discuss the varied approaches that they took to exploring the vast world of Skyrim.
Wednesday, February 1 2012
Big Games and Little Boys
I'm not around little boys enough to think too much about them. I kind of take them for granted. Too often, they just seem loud... and dirty.
Monday, January 30 2012
Moving Pixels Podcast: Grand Theft Stupid?
In which the Moving Pixels podcast considers the merits of the sometimes zany, sometimes puerile, most often both, Saints Row: The Third.
Monday, January 23 2012
Moving Pixels Podcast: Leaving the Asylum for the City
Batman: Arkham City is so much bigger than the Asylum, but is that a good thing?
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]
