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Is Anthem going to be Bioware's next great game, or is it a mistake?

At Bethesda Softworks’ 2017 E3 showcase, a trailer for MachineGames’ new title Wolfenstein II: The New Colossus was shown to close out the presentation. The first outing in the rebooted Wolfenstein series, titled Wolfenstein: The New Order…

No one is in a better position to capitalize off of hype more than EA at this year’s E3. Considering it’s on me to cover them, I thought I’d give a look back on what they may or may not have done wrong last year and compare it to their…

Rather than using the first-person perspective to put a gun in your hand, Portal instead used the perspective to play around with the player through both the puzzle mechanics and the framing of the narrative.

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…