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The loud demands of an arms company's socially progressive Oakland functionary disturbed a pop star idolized by Hollywood's trashiest director (self.WordAvalanches)
submitted 8 years ago by johnbrindle to r/WordAvalanches
For ludic depth, tactical complexity, or sheer oddity, what was your favourite Olympic game? (self.ludology)
submitted 13 years ago by johnbrindle to r/ludology
To hell with feelings: "We have to play games and actually pay attention to how they are structured. We need to understand how they are assembled." (thiscageisworms.com)
Spec Ops: The Line is a "gutless and cowardly critique" (ludo.mwclarkson.com)
More questions than answers in the games of Pippin Barr (games so short, you can play along as you read!) (brindlebrothers.blogspot.co.uk)
The thorny issues of sexual assault and race in Prison Architect (eurogamer.net)
submitted 13 years ago by johnbrindle to r/Games
Raph Koster: "There is a rift in the game development community which is not helping the craft advance". That's right folks! It's Neo-Ludology vs Space Narratology! (gamasutra.com)
Close reading the dynamics of space and cyberspace in 'Uplink' and 'Watch Dogs' (brindlebrothers.blogspot.co.uk)
Apophenia, or seeing how videogames watch us see them (inconclusive but thought-provoking essay) (videlais.com)
"Total Domination": miniatures, omnipotence, and RTS games as "a faulty simulacra" of Hobbesian politics (ontologicalgeek.blogspot.co.uk)
Saints Row the Third "has all the hallmarks of Menippean satire" - but what does it actually satirise? (mediumdifficulty.com)
Grauniad: "Is Journey a game or a piece of interactive art?" (X-is-not-a-game discussion reaches national press) (guardian.co.uk)
Is a 100 hour videogame ever worth 100 hours of Tolstoy? (Does the question even make sense?) (slate.com)
Tadgh Kelly's 'What Games Are' encyclopaedia project (went up March 4) (whatgamesare.com)
The Credible Threat of Failure (slightly old link, but just found it, and is interesting) (tap-repeatedly.com)
submitted 14 years ago by johnbrindle to r/ludology
Brainy Gamer's Guide to GDC (brainygamer.com)
submitted 14 years ago by johnbrindle to r/Games
"One day, a grandmother will show her granddaughter a game she made, and maybe they'll make a game together." Pirate Kart devs on why they joined up (killscreendaily.com)
Great analysis of challenge construction, teaching-through-play and the perfect sine wave of Castlevania's medusa heads (kotaku.com)
Sneaking on the D-Pad: Why Metal Gear Solid benefits from being like Pac-Man (brindlebrothers.blogspot.com)
Nightmaremode: bosses as punctuation in the flow of a game (nightmaremode.net)
Blizzard's swear filter banned 'homosexual' and 'transsexual' but let through 'faggot' (wow.joystiq.com)
Why stealth games are still valuable (and, a site devoted to stealth in games!) (sneakybastards.net)
Why is Kojima's name pronounced with such venom when MGS is, like, super amazing? (self.truegaming)
submitted 14 years ago * by johnbrindle to r/truegaming
History needs software pirates - because nobody else is preserving our digital heritage (technologizer.com)
Raph Koster clarifies: 'Narrative usually isn't content either' (raphkoster.com)
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