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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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
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
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.