video games
Through the Looking-Glass of Black Mirror’s ‘Bandersnatch’
Netflix's interactive movie, Bandersnatch, doesn't really offer choices, but it does offer something else: a warning.
How Does One Condense the World of Video Games into a Mere 64 Objects?
The staff at the World Video Game Hall of Fame have, with great care, winnowed down objects in the medium that they feel best represents the important developments in the history of the video game.
Combating the Trap of Nostalgia in a Look at the Super Nintendo
Dominic Arsenault's Super Power, Spoony Bards, and Silverware cuts through the nostalgia so sharply that it comes off as dismissive, hostile even, at least to someone used to reading the flowery prose of fan literature.
Academic Gamers: Your Assistance with ‘Gaming Representation’ Please
You might care about the concepts raised in Gaming Representation, but you probably won’t be able to understand them.
In ‘Mass Effect’ While You Stare into the RPG, the RPG Stares Back into You
Just as you interrogate your companions and enemies in order to understand them and their worlds, the game reveals itself to have been questioning you. What kind of player are you? What kind of person?
Community and Collaboration in ‘Battle for Wesnoth’
