I started playing Animal Crossing: New Horizons in April. Almost every Youtuber was talking about the game and I wanted to know what this hype was...
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GAME OVER: The Importance of Preservation In Video Games
Often, when we think of heritage, our minds direct towards displays of craftsmanship, monumentality– big stones put up by hairy men in loincloths or photo-realistic paintings...
Continue reading...Video Games: Where’s the boundary between physical and virtual worlds?
Gender representation in video games
Video games as historical tool
As I am using these articles to explore the opportunities of several digital media for historians, I would like to focus today on the subject of...
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Your personality, your merch
You might enjoy video games, but did you know you can make a living out of playing them? This got me thinking, so I started investigating...
Continue reading...V.V.V. (Very Violent Video-games)
Ah yes, the greatest danger of the 21st century, responsible for the most violent behaviours, the supreme source of all violence. If you had not read...
Continue reading...Let’s (try to) Create a Video Game
Let’s (try to) create a video game How will I earn the ten points for the Digital Media, Culture and Society course? A question that all...
Continue reading...My last prediction
For my last blog I want to make another prediction, with the simple reason that I came up with multiple predictions while preparing my presentation. With...
Continue reading...It’s leaking again
If you are someone who enjoys playing video games you are probably familiar with the feeling of excitement you get when a new game that looks...
Continue reading...The team behind FIFA
FIFA is a widely popular series of video games, released yearly to millions of eager fans all around the world. Boasting exclusive licenses from football leagues...
Continue reading...Get fit with Wii Fit
I like Pokémon Go. It forces me to go outside in order to play and I personally find that a good thing. A side effect of...
Continue reading...Doomed to fail?
This week I am going to predict something. When I wrote about Tamagotchis a few weeks back I talked about how companies utilize people’s feelings of...
Continue reading...Getting Fit with Pokémon Go
When it comes to video games there always seem to be these ideas and prejudices flying around that they make you lazy, aggressive, anti-social and more....
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