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Important Games of the 00s
What makes a game important? Is it commercial sales, the ways a game showcases how skilled a designer or studio is at their craft, the visceral response a game gives you, the player communities...
View ArticleHandle With Care: Computer Games, Noise, and the Fragility of Play
Like the creatures they often contain, computer games (or “video games,” depending on your orientation) tend to be noisy little beasts, constantly calling out to players in a variety of ways. The...
View ArticleFollowing the Instructions
Much of the commentary surrounding The LEGO Movie recognized the contradiction between narrative critique of conformity to social “instructions” and promotion of mass-produced, build-by-instruction...
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