That 's something that 's happening very often lately. r n r nWith the use of term eSports , I wonder how long it 'll take for leagues and developers to create supercool triathlon-like categories of competition. r n r nThat would benefit all involved games by raising general interesting, ...
Quite surprised to not find the words anchor or neuro-linguistic programming even once in the whole article. r n r nEvery time you load your game in Bioshock there 's a short sound that basically says welcome back to Rapture to the player. This does an awesome yet underrated job ...
Good that you mentioned action-horror , Josh. It comes perfect with the exemples I was going to use anyway: Terminator and Predator. r n r nBoth are great mixes of action and horror, with character that usually fit the alpha-kind as you put it, and with the solo antagonist premise. ...
Try XCom: Enemy Unknown in Ironman mode. r n r nThat 's the only game that made me fell actually sad. That 's because everything bad that happens could have been prevented by the player. The system is fair and there 's no invisible god designer, writer dictating the outcome ...
Simulations vs. Games I think the next-generation of AAA games will keep moving away from both, just like the current one. r n r nApart from that, ludo-narrative, ludo-scientific and narrative-scientific dissonances will always be a thing. Literature and Cinema are full of dissonances, so are video games. We can ...
The purpose of art is to express things such as the human condition, or some immaterial thing, or some metaphysical notion in short, the inexpressible. There is no inherent value for enlightenment or transformation. Furthermore, the game is inherenlty contemplative which all art attempts to evoke. Beauty is beauty is ...
The two kinds of multiplayer I 'm vey interested in seeing ahead are asymmetric multiplay simple examples would be Spy Party and FEAR 3 and multitask coordinated coop not enough time to get many things done and player have to split forces and manage risks to beat the challenge .
