Thursday, September 8 2011
Telling Hamlet What to Do: Video Games, Art, and Cultural Hierarchies
Games have not stumbled upon a new way of creating and interacting with art, they have rediscovered an older system.
Monday, August 29 2011
‘League of Legends’ Is “Just a Game”
For all the articles discussing what the relationship between player and game is or how a title uses a certain trope, there are few essays about “just games.” If there’s a modern instance of “just a game,” it’s League of Legends.
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, August 29 2008
Braid
The organic, malleable gameplay that Braid offers is refreshing in the context of a game that superficially looks to be a platformer.
Monday, August 18 2008
Randy Balma: Municipal Abortionist
The concept of video game design and architecture has been expressed by several academics and yet within it there doesn't seem to be much room for Randy Balma: Municipal Abortionist.
Wednesday, March 12 2008
game, game, game, and again game
game, game, game, and again game isn't so much a game trying to be art as it is a work of art borrowing from games.
