Ludic narrative: mechanics, dynamics, and aesthetics of books
When it comes to game design frameworks, the simplest is often the best. The MDA framework describes a game as a…
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Stardew Valley is still my life
I have played Stardew Valley for approximately 150 hours now. I have six different save files, and I have used…
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The Case for Serious Games: a response to the JCSG2016 Keynote Panel
At the second Joint Conference on Serious Games, moderator Catherine Beavis asked a keynote panel of invited domestic and international…
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Struggling Together
(Throughout this essay, the game NIER will be signified with capital letters, while the character Nier will signified with a…
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Games Are About Violence
I want to take a moment to put down some thoughts I’ve had about games and violence recently. In particular…
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The Great War in Games Media
“War is, first and foremost, a tragedy” – Dan Carlin’s Ghosts of the Ost Front, Part IV When looking…
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All Fun And Games
As I ponder my completion of my Game Design studies the occasion seems to be more of a realisation rather…
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Curation vs. Cooking
If you haven’t watched all two hundred episodes or so of the original Iron Chef series I guess I can…
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Pokemon GO is seriously important
Pokémon GO is a massive win for serious games, a typically underrated and underappreciated subsection of the game industry. Pokémon…
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Dark Souls and Life: Lessons from Lordran and Beyond
Michael Jordan is the most oft-quoted athlete of modern times. Though he is known for his ultimate greatness on the…
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