Reid, my primary problem with your article, thoughtful as it is, is that you seem to sell the average game player a little short. For example, with regard to your analysis of the implementation of the moral premise in Bioshock, the latter two arguments come off as rather presumptuous of ...
You make some excellent points, but I'm wondering about two things: 1. You mention Dead Space as one of the games from which this template has been crafted, yet it includes both an avatar and cutscenes albeit minimally . 2. If all good stories avoid the fourth wall, is there ...
Is the idea to prove the power of games If so, designers are evoking a very real tragedy to make what seems like a mundane point. Michael makes an excellent point: that there is a fine line between a game interface that highlights the mechanism in this case, the use ...
