Bowsette: Not What, Not Who, But Why?
If you've been on social media or gaming news websites over the past few weeks, you've met Bowsette. But who is she? And more importantly—why is she?
If you've been on social media or gaming news websites over the past few weeks, you've met Bowsette. But who is she? And more importantly—why is she?
Tony Rosqvist’s Scale of Morality is a method for exploration of Morality and Ethics in Video Games. It can be used to determine if a player’s ethics align with deontology, consequentialism, or a blending which gives Rule Consequentialism.
RPG tie-in novels are an underappreciated genre.
Success in the field of games for health is a complex issue.
SOMA ends both predictably and unpredictably, underlining its theme of what it means to be human.
The open world sets crucial limitations on Mad Max
Wargames offer a platform for teenage boys to perform masculinity
In the best tradition of brecht, a RPG can comment itself. In his paper ”The Self-Reflexive Tabletop Role-Playing Game”, Evan Torner studies three different tabletop role-playing games and the ways…
Seriously.....WHERE ON THE FLYING EARTH IS THAT CHICKEN?!
Moral gameplay design benefits from extensive background research, external playtesting and iterative design.
Is there a need for cosmic horror when Trump is the President?
Is there a relationship between playing video games and cheating in studies?
Despite the explicit rules and limits, group sex is closer to play than a game.
A “stable” favorite among casual card games for me, Unstable Unicorns knows what it’s doing and does it well.
Interactivity between streamer and the audience separates Twitch.tv from other streaming websites
What happens when virtual reality can trick you into believing that it is not just a simulation?
How does the Solstice patch change OneShot?
Playing a shooter on a smartphone feels like all thumbs.
Cold, hunger, depression and fatigue are the only resources you don’t lack in This War of Mine
The X-Files: Deep State is a fun and easy F2P hidden object game for mobile and tablets.