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Style is Substance in 'Ni no Kuni'
In my head I kept comparing Ni no Kuni to Xenoblade Chronicles, but they evoke their sense of adventure in two very different ways. Instead, the way that Ni no Kuni uses its world rather than its story to evoke adventure means it actually has more in common with Skyrim than a JRPG.
31 Jan 2013
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Moving Pixels Podcast: Who Do You Not Want to Be?
Video games allow us to take on roles of people that we could never be. What happens when those people are people we would never want to be?
20 May 2012
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Evil Can Be Cute: The Morality of 'Warp'
I acted like a monster, and the world treated me as one. Why was this surprising?
01 Mar 2012
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The Advantages of Playing 'Skyrim' at Your Own Pace
After playing Skyrim for 90 hours, I saw something that blew my mind, and I suspect that I only had this reaction because it took me 90 hours to get there.
09 Feb 2012
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Get Rid of the Mini-map
If I'm looking at a mini-map instead of the world around me, it's not actually helping.
19 Jan 2012
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Post-It Note Role-Playing, or the White-Collar Warriors of 'Skyrim'
Skyrim most often seems to me like a fantasy veneer spread over the most boring occupation that I can think of, managing and prioritizing tasks at an office.
17 Jan 2012
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Moving Pixels Podcast: Exploring Open Worlds
The Moving Pixels podcast talks about what the open world genre means to the last decade in gaming and what kinds of worlds most compel players to explore them.
15 Jan 2012
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Storyline? In 'Skyrim'? No Thanks!
The narrative rests in the relationship between the environment and the items found in it, specifically placed for the player to find and create an explanation.
12 Dec 2011
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The Logic and Illogic of 'Skyrim'
Skyrim's logic lays the foundation for an enveloping, albeit precarious, form of world building.
07 Dec 2011
Games
When Your Reading Assignment's a Video Game
The world of Bethesda's Skyrim is filled with an almost intimidating amount of freedom for players. It's also a world where books are competing with the giddy thrill of dragon killing.
05 Dec 2011
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