Author Archives: Alex Baker

Games as a Medium for Forum Discussion.

In the Videogames of the Oppressed article, Frasca attempts to break away from analyzing games from the perspective of Aristotelian theater. He argues that their interactive nature makes video games more akin to a simulation than to a narrative, and … Continue reading

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Sparks of the latent console-wars in a little opinion article.

http://news.cnet.com/8301-17938_105-57392721-1/so-you-think-youre-a-home-game-console-now-do-you-ipad/ An interesting little opinion article on CNET voices a rebuke to Apple’s marketing in the name of gaming consoles. Specifically, the writer takes issue with some comparisons made between the iPad 3 and current established “hardcore” gaming consoles, i.e. … Continue reading

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No, I will not feel bad.

<rant type=”critique/selfrighteous”>   I must say that the Wired article, while informative, was done in really rather poor taste. Seventeen suicides… seventeen… purportedly out of 1 million employees… and that rate is a driving force for the article? National suicide … Continue reading

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Machine-Machine? Not a game in itself, thus beyond the scope of the “Operator-Machine” spectrum.

One of the areas covered in Tuesday’s discussion was the differences in nature and purpose of the Operator and Machine. Specifically, we skirted the question of whether a machine can become the operator of a game (henceforth referred to as … Continue reading

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