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Bloody Histories, Dangerous Communities: Educators’ Ethical Responsibilities Teaching Games
The moral dilemma of teaching with games.
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The Qun Demands It: The Evolution of the Barbarous Other
The secret racism behind high fantasy’s brutish races.
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The Ludic Rashomon
A game world made up of many stories of different weight.
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A pixel artist renounces pixel art
The “pixel tax” comes to collect.
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The rise of the pastoral in videogames
Banished, Harvest Moon, and our need to escape.
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Oculus keynote answers question if women have a place in virtual worlds
I have seen the future of virtual reality.
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Will a game designer ever win a MacArthur "genius" grant?
918 awards, none to games
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Play Along: The Essay and the Game
What videogames can learn from nonfiction, and vice versa.
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How Zelda games tap into the Neo-Shamanic and link to the way, way past
Ready? Let’s get heady.
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How games like Katamari help us deal with consumerism and the wealth gap
We’ve got a lot of problems in the world. How games like Katamari Damacy give us an answer.
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Love to tweet? You’ll love Super T.I.M.E. Force.
“Your past is the prologue to your future.”
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How Metal Gear Solid creator Hideo Kojima dreamed the future of solar power
In 2003, a little Game Boy Advance title dared to dream of a sun-fueled future. Here’s how Kojima’s vision is becoming a reality.