But they are big things too. Giant things. A game is so much more than its physical index. They stretch deep across time and space, across peoples and cultures. These are hard things to see and appreciate when we think about games. I suppose it doesn't help that we are taught to outgrow play.
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Eric Stein (he/him)
Профиль VivelyProducer at EA SPORTS Games researcher Former game development instructor Tabletop game designer Occasional poet steinea.ca / steinea.fyi
A side project I've been working on—a curated link page of important essays on video game narrative—is now live. You can read about it on my blog: azhdarchid.com/the-game-nar... Or you can go straight to the dedicated website: www.gamenarrativereader.org
Months of work, a lifetime of learning, but the Levelling The Playing Field 101 Courses program launches right now. Eight €40 courses launching 10 days apart, I aim to make the critical less-spoken parts of indie gamedev accessible away from expensive visa-locked hotel bars. courses.ramiismail.com
Someone check on Geoff Keighley the Muppets are performing at the World Cup final
SEVEN-PART PACT, my fantastical ornate TTRPG about powerful wizards, asymmetrical board games, and the pressures of masculinity is now launching on kickstarter! www.kickstarter.com/projects/sjg...
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Good Evening, “video games” was a 45 year sociological study conducted by hardware development industries. We are now complete with our study. Thank you for your time.
A shootout with 4 goals, 5 misses and one own goal. This one might have been even more insane than the Paraguay one. This World Cup is haunted.
Canada advancing further than Germany and the Netherlands, just as everyone predicted.
"Marathon is too complicated" "extraction shooters aren't fun" "what about the player count" I give you: Marathon Steve www.reddit.com/r/Marathon/c...
Really cool mini today!! puzzmo.com/play/crosswo...
I think this is a pretty good post for naming the bigger friction points with Marathon right now (it being an extremely dense game with zero chill that demands a *lot* from your time), but I'm kinda blown away that they're going to see if PVE actually works. www.bungie.net/7/en/News/Ar...