This essay was written as a means of articulating why I felt certain games–as mechanically well designed as they might be–ultimately failed in their implementation. It was written specifically with video games in mind, though, I believe, it holds true for board and role-playing games as well. Don’t Tell Me What to Do: Modern Game [...]
Posts Tagged ‘games’
The Gravitational Model of User Expectation
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged essay, games, illustrations on October 5, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Is No One Safe from My Biting Pen?
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged games, illustration on June 9, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
An illustration that accompanied Nina Huntemann’s article about the ethics of immaterial consumption (specifically related to the allegations that the labor conditions involved in the creation of Red Dead Redemption were… um… less than ideal).
Dropped Frames #5: Violence
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged comic, dropped frames, games on March 30, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
This comic was written during the frenzy surrounding the Amy Bishop shooting at the University of Alabama. The intrepid reporters at the Boston Herald dug up the valuable and pertinent insight that Ms. Bishop played Dungeons and Dragons in college. This comic was my attempt to better understand the relationship between media (particularly interactive media) [...]
