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Featured: Top of Home Page/Games/Moving Pixels

Best of the Moving Pixels Podcast: Storytelling in War Games

By
G. Christopher Williams
/ 5 December 2016
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The Moving Pixels Podcast Steps Over ‘The Line’

By
G. Christopher Williams
/ 8 December 2014
‘Spec Ops: The Line’ Denies the Player the Pleasure of Play
Featured: Top of Home Page/Games/Moving Pixels

‘Spec Ops: The Line’ Denies the Player the Pleasure of Play

By
Eric Swain
/ 15 October 2014
Spec Ops: The Line isn't a criticism of mediocre shooters, but of the romanticism that has so often gone hand-in-hand with the modern shooter genre.
Featured: Top of Home Page/Games/Moving Pixels

Losing to Win: ‘Spec Ops’ and Tragedy in Video Games

By
G. Christopher Williams
/ 27 August 2014
Featured: Top of Home Page/Games/Moving Pixels

‘Spec Ops: The Line’ Shames My Happy, Violent Memories

By
Nick Dinicola
/ 17 August 2012
Featured: Top of Home Page/Games/Moving Pixels

The “Payoff” of ‘Spec Ops: The Line’

By
Nick Dinicola
/ 10 August 2012

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