The Passively Multiplayer Online Game has been generating a lot of hype lately. Yesterday I installed the necessary Firefox Extension, "played" for a few minutes, and then decided to uninstall the extension and maybe come back to the game once it gets interesting. My main objection to the PMOG is this: It tries to make… Continue reading A very brief review of The Passively Multiplayer Online Game (PMOG)
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What I hate about books about videogames
There's been a burst of scholarly books about videogames in the past two years, and I've been going through as many as I can get my hands on. While there are astonishingly bright spots in individual books, the books overall have repeatedly been disappointing. I've begun noticing trends of things I hate about academic books… Continue reading What I hate about books about videogames