Best of the Moving Pixels Podcast: Co-operative Gameplay
This week return we to a conversation that we had a few years ago about the nature of co-operative gaming.
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Gamers Believe in Getting Better
When we need to grind experience points, we seek out enemies at the edge of our current abilities. We seek optimal challenge.
I’ve Got You Under My Skin: The Constancy of Cloning and of Gamer Identity in ‘Hardcore Henry’
Henry isn't the only surrogate for gamer identity in Hardcore Henry.
‘Hardcore Henry’ Tells Gamers Sorry, There Is No Princess
Hardcore Henry questions gamers' instinctual need to fulfill a particular role within the context of a presumed masculine identity.
Name That Tune: ‘Koji Kondo’s Super Mario Bros. Soundtrack’
Thirty years after the release of his most famous work, there are likely still many who don’t know the name Koji Kondo -- yet they know they've heard his music, somewhere.