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Spec Ops: The Line

Featured: Top of Home Page/Games/Moving Pixels

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

In the Third Person: Against Player Authority

By
Mark Filipowich
/ 22 January 2013
Featured: Top of Home Page/Games/Moving Pixels

A Tale of Two Shooters: ‘Spec-Ops: the Line’ and ‘Black’

By
Mark Filipowich
/ 15 January 2013
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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