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Hosted by Sony San Diego's Chase Williams & NASA's Max Kelleher, The Greatest Game is an OK Beast podcast mini-series dedicated to the discussion of philosophy, aesthetics, and art theory - through the lens of video games.…

Hosted by Sony San Diego's Chase Williams & NASA's Max Kelleher, The Greatest Game is an OK Beast podcast mini-series dedicated to the discussion of philosophy, aesthetics, and art theory - through the lens of video games. Listen to…

It’s hard to say something meaningful about videogames in only a few paragraphs. They are a complex form whose novelty has left large gaps in our understanding which will be filled when we stop wondering “why is this boss fight good”, and…

The media and art scholars must be heard.

We’ve arrived at the end of John Sharp’s peek into games and the many ways artistic communities utilize them, and I’m crestfallen to tell you that it’s a bit anti-climactic. The final remarks of Works of Game don’t dive as deep into the…

Why Chase asserts that gameplay is a game’s strongest asset.

Read why Chase actively seeks to disagree with the conventional story telling practices in most triple-A games.

On artists who use games to create visual art, who modify games to create cultural commentary, and those who wish to reflect on the medium itself.

At this point in “Challenging Assumptions: On Art and Videogames”, you may be a bit confused. I know my head was spinning at this stage in Works of Game. Remember though that John Sharp is still laying out the roadmap for this conceptual…

So what the hell are videogames' affordances?