Games to look for in 2018
2018 is going to be an interesting year for gaming. As the end of 2017 is drawing closer, this is a good opportunity to take a look into the future…
Papers, Please succeeds in replicating Weber’s Iron Cage of Bureaucracy in Video Game Form
The depiction of bureaucracy in Papers, Please reflects the ideas of Max Weber. Glory to Arstotzka!
Does violent gameplay lead to aggressive behavior?
In his article, Grant Tavinor deconstructs the meaning of aggressive behavior and the fictional nature of videogames
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Labyrinth, or Marble Inferno
Some may remember the Labyrinth puzzle from their childhood. Some had a happy one.
The Walking Dead, Telltale Games. Taken from Steam
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Quest for More Sophisticated Approach to Morality
Paragon or Renegade? When designing a game with complex moral themes, shades of grey trump black and white
Attacktix Review
Attacktix is a mini-figure based game, featuring familiar faces from StarWars, Transformers and Marvel Back in 2005 Hasbro released a mini-figure based franchise called Attacktix Battle Figure Game, featuring characters…
COSMIC ENCOUNTER, A BOARD GAME OF COSMIC PROPORTIONS
Take part in interplanetary colonization with, or against, your friends using your alien powers in #CosmicEncounter
Going down the Gamification Rabbit Hole – Through the Ludic Glass
Take a peek at the popular phenomenon of gamification from a cultural perspective and map the relationship between games, society and cultural dynamics.
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.
Willy The Striker review
Hone your curveballs and kick yourself to glory in this mobile football aim game!
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Dungeons & Dragons & Deleuze
In the article “Tabletop Role-Playing Games, the Modern Fantastic, and Analog ‘Realized’ Worlds”, first published in the 2016 “Role Playing Games” special issue of Analog Game Studies, Curtis Carbonell explores the expansive worlds of tabletop role-playing games as ‘realized’ worlds and their position in the discourse of posthumanism.
Slither Me Timbers! – Snake Pass Review
The silent hero of this slippery indie 3D platformer is definitely a Slytherin.
Lustfärd till Avasaka – Huvimatka Aavasaksaan: You can still learn from an old educational board game today
Lustfärd till Avasaka - Huvimatka Aavasaksaan is the oldest know Finnish board game from 1862 and still fun to play.
