Problematic Themes of Colonialism in Board Games
Goa and Navegador depict colonialist empire-building without violence.
How Video Games Help People Make Better Decisions
From misguided beliefs about global warming to side effects of vaccination, biased decision making can wreak havoc. But how does …
Vaporware and Design Fiction
Unreleased products and unfulfilled promises help us speculate and discuss the possibilities of the future.
Platform Studies and Computational Essentialism
Platform studies would benefit from including analog games into the scope of the framework.
The Precursors of Escape Room Design
Escape rooms combine digital and non-digital game ideas.
4x Gamer as Myth: Understanding through Player Mythologies
4X gamer as a player mythology.
Capitalism and Unfairness in Competitive Board Games
Games offer a good medium for critical reflection of social inequality.
Making games for philosophy
Self-reflexive videogames as tools for philosophy is a thought-provoking experiment.
The Dark Side of E-Sports
What does a French intellectual born 100+ years ago think about League of Legends?
The Allure of Struggle and Failure in Cooperative Board Games
Failing together is fun.
Critical alternative journalism from the perspective of game journalists
Alternative gamejournalism : Is the new watch dog of the gaming industry all bark and no bite?
ASCII Graphics in Roguelikes
Nostalgia and old-school gameplay philosophy dictate the complex conventions of roguelikes
Bridging the Gap: The Neo Geo, the Media Imaginary, and the Domestication of Arcade Games
Domesticating the arcade experience: the story of Neo Geo
The perfect ethical competition
Transforming violence into meaningful struggle in multiplayer games #ethics #ganking #trash-talk #multiplayer
Is Every Indie Game Independent? Towards the Concept of Independent Game
Exploring the “indie” aesthetic, and what it means to be an independent developer.
Self-Reflexivity and Humor in Adventure Games
The role of self- conscious humor in adventure game design
RPG Mythos: Narrative Gaming as Modern Mythmaking
The odd commonality between Kalevala and Cyberpunk 2020: Narrative Gaming as modern mythmaking #RPG #liveaction #narrative
Games, Art and Kant – What’s the connection?
How are games related to things such as art, philosophy, maxims and Kant’s Categorical Imperative?
Inviting Grief into Games: The Game Design Process as Personal Dialogue
Game Design can be a process of dialogue, take into account underrepresented groups and deal with taboos. #TaboosInGames #UnderrepresentedGamers #GameDesignAsDialogue
Cues and insinuations: Indicating affordances of non-player character using visual indicators
How can you tell if an NPC is a guard, a shopkeeper, or just cannon fodder based on how they …
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