This week we talk about the game’s high difficulty and self-imposed challenges. The Pokemon community is (in)famous for the Nuzlocke challenge, which sets the rules that...
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Horror games: why we enjoy being scared
In my previous posts, I’ve discussed RPGs like Genshin and World of Warcraft as well as the MOBA League of Legends. Why people play them, varying...
Continue reading...The video games you bought are not yours!
Your Steam library may contain a lot of games; but are they really yours? They probably just came from a rental! As a licensing control technology,...
Continue reading...China’s game censorship and fragile national pride
I’m sure those of you who play video games regularly and are also interested in various humanities disciplines have noticed that video games can’t teach you...
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LGBT identities in League of Legends
It’s been a big year for the League of Legends community, the most recent big event being DRX winning the World’s Championship against the undefeated T1....
Continue reading...Death Stranding: Why We Connect?
Death Stranding is an open-world walking simulator with action elements, released in November 2019 by the Kojima Productions of the legendary game producer Hideo Kojima. The...
Continue reading...Walking Simulators: Interactive Storytelling in Video Games
Before video games were a widespread form of entertainment, stories usually only came from movies and books. Even when they did start to pick up steam...
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Bayonetta 3, a sequel in the popular Bayonetta videogame series, is set to launch on October 28th. This is great news for any fans of the...
Continue reading...I almost became a toxic gamer
Just this past weekend, Rainbow 6 Siege (R6S) welcomed me back after four years of being afked with 12 straight losses; but what really disappointed me...
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Have you ever heard of Skylanders? You know, it’s that one video game that uses a physical base platform on top of which you place these...
Continue reading...How Electronic Arts’ greed killed in-game lootboxes in the Netherlands (for a time).
If you own a smart-device, chances are that you downloaded a free to play (F2P) game at least once. However, you might have quickly realized that...
Continue reading...Genshin impact: Gacha, gambling and gameplay
Anyone with social media access has not been able to avoid the game that’s taken the world by storm over the past two years. I’m not...
Continue reading...Twitch’s New Policy
Most of us, if not all, are aware of the livestreaming platform Twitch. If not, allow me to explain a little about it. Twitch is a...
Continue reading...How can video games contribute to human-friendly architecture?
Have you ever had the wish to be more included in the creation of the built environment around you? I’m sure most of you played the...
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GG: Sexism in the league of legends community.
In last week’s blog post, I stated that the media is an extension of society and that everything we see in the media can be connected...
Continue reading...The New Age of Chess: Harnessing the Power of Computers in a Digital Age
This blog was inspired by the Week 10 “Are Computers Having Fun?” chess game that was suggested. I am not a good chess player but I...
Continue reading...Enter the Matrix: An Exploration of Digital Futures (Part 1)
In the first part of this three-part podcast on the future-shaping potential of current trends in technology, Andrea Blätler, Fiona ‘t Hart and I discuss videogame...
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