Author: Oskari Vaaras
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Autcraft – A digital playfield for children with autism
Autcraft is a modded Minecraft server created to provide a safe place for autistic children to play.
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Access to play denied – or is it?
In order to play a game your body needs to adapt to the game’s interface. What about those bodies that can’t? In his article “Game Interfaces as Disabling Infrastructures” David Parisi examines game accessibility. As most games are designed to be played by normative bodies, it makes playing them impossible for those players whose bodies…
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“Yes, my Gatekeeper”. A Review of Atmosfear: The Gatekeeper
Atmosfear: The Gatekeeper is a DVD board game where its main attraction is also its biggest flaw.
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Following the footsteps of sex toys
To make gaming experience more pervasive, game controllers need to be redesigned to better include body to playing.
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Pokémon Go Further
The global phenomenon Pokémon Go doesn’t use the full potential of pervasive gaming.
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Oscar and the SMB Monster
Based on a true story, this is a tale of a foolish knight who faces the horrors of the Super Mario Bros. movie. Once upon a time in the kingdom of Playlabirian there was a young knight named Oscar. His curiosity had led him to many marvelous adventures, but the story I’m about to tell…
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I’m Happy when I stop Hopping
In Happy Hopper you hop until you drop from boredom. It won’t take long until you get to the latter part.
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What is LOVE?
Indie platformer LOVE shows how something simple and short can be relaxing and fun.
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Make a game, ???, profit – The art of selling indie titles
To make money it’s not enough that an indie developer has a good game, there’s also a need for marketing skills.
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Angry Video Game Turd
Angry Video Game Nerd: The Movie can be described with a single word: disappointment. What were they thinking?
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Never mind the vampires, here’s glitch horror
Glitch horror utilizes the fallibility of technology as the source of its horrors.
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An odd odyssey in Abe’s world
Oddworld: Abe’s Oddysee is a 90s gem definitely worth playing. It’s a great from zero to hero story of a slave searching for freedom.
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Not enough Rush for an Hour
Rush Hour is a good time killer, but in the long run a mediocre puzzle game about traffic jam doesn’t offer enough fun.
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It’s Mickey, it’s Felix, it’s Cuphead!
Cuphead is a fresh breath of a past that never existed. It offers a tasty mix of old and new.