Author: Aleksi Tikkakoski
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Assassin’s Creed 2 – The sequel that defined a series.
Assassin’s Creed 2 takes the first game in the series and improves it in every way possible.
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Horizon Zero Dawn – A post-apocalyptic machine hunt.
Horizon Zero Dawn is a post-apocalyptic action role-playing game with a focus on ranged combat and stealth, with a solid protagonist and an interesting world to explore.
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Different types of challenges in games.
How can games challenge us? Here I discuss three different types of challenges: Problem solving, mechanical actions, and social interaction.
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Darkest Dungeon – Stress, disease, and desperation
Darkest Dungeon is a visually striking, sadistically difficult roguelike dungeon-crawl rpg where you traverse perilous dungeons in search of heirlooms and treasure.
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Toxic behaviour in Dead by Daylight as perceived by the players.
Researchers used Dead by Daylight’s subreddit to analyze different factors and perceptions surrounding toxic behavior.
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Constructing player identity in Counter-Strike.
Stöhl and Rusk use ethnographic methods to see what tools are being used for identity construction when playing, and what these identities are.
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Have games changed over the years, or have I? Maybe both.
There are more games than ever to play, yet I struggle to find the good ones to play. Here I explore some of the reasons why.
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Shadow of War – Bigger, but is it better?
Shadow of War attempts to make Shadow of Mordor bigger and better in every way. But the result feels more inflated than improved.
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What we do in games – Ten imperative goals
In an effort to create a consistent environment for discussing #objectives, researchers narrowed games down to ten #imperative #goals that could be used to describe any #game.
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Manners maketh player – How bad player behaviour is perceived in CS:GO esports.
In this article, the authors explore different kinds of bad behaviour in CS:GO esports, from throwing to bug exploitation, and how they are perceived by the spectators.
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One simply walks into Mordor and hunts some orc.
Shadow of Mordor offers a good #action-adventure experience in Middle-Earth, with solid Arkham-style combat and a unique Nemesis system that gives enemies some much needed character, in an otherwise unimpressive story.
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How is Star Wars: The Old Republic as a single-player experience in 2020.
Not so long ago, at the Bioware studio…. Star Wars: The Old Republic received updates that made it more accessible for solo players. Here is a review where Aleksi explores these changes to see how they’ve succeeded. #starwars #swtor #mmorpg
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How the COVID-19 pandemic has affected the CS:GO Esports experience?
The COVID-19 pandemic has had a massive impact on the world, and Esports is no different. In this text, I will explore some changes that the CS:GO scene has experienced during the pandemic. #csgo #esports #pandemic #covid19
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Ori, a metroidvania with a unique and unrivaled audio-visual presentation.
Ori and the Will of the Wisps is a stunningly beautiful metroidvania action platformer that pulls no punches with gameplay, visuals or music.