Tag Archives: Doom
DayZ of Indifference: Fighting Against the Injustice Engine
I hadn’t meant to be talking about DayZ this week, but after reading Jason’s post, I just couldn’t resist. As with many of us, I’ve been familiar with the ArmA II mod for a while now. I found it interesting … Continue reading
Posted in Criticism, Erik Bigras
Tagged 7 Days to Die, ArmA 2, ArmA II, Biopolitics, Bohemia Interactive, Dayz, DayZ Standalone, Doom, Indifference, Injustice engine, Minecraft, Mods, Player interaction, Rust, Sandbox, Steam, Survival, Video games
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The ESRB Isn’t There for Us
Some weeks ago, Gaines and I wrote about GTA 5 in what would become our most popular post. Among the comments, a particular trend began to emerge, namely invoking the ESRB as a method of parental control. It’s that particular … Continue reading
Posted in Criticism, Erik Bigras
Tagged Compliance, Doom, ESRB, Hays Code, Medieval guilds, Mortal Kombat, MPAA, Parental Advisory, Participatory design, PMRC, Professions, RIAA, Self-regulation, Video Game History, Video games
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A Simulated Retrospective, Part 4: Space
Welcome to the fourth and final part of this Higher Level Gamer Critical Retrospective! For these Retrospectives, I’ll take a broad approach to examine some of the tropes of particular game genres, their historical contexts, provide some examples, as well … Continue reading
Posted in Critical Retrospectives, Erik Bigras
Tagged Doom, Flight Simulation, Freelancer, FreeSpace 2, Game Mechanics, Games and cultural change, Historicity, Nature of games criticism, Open World, Rogue Squadron II, Space Simulation, Story, Video Game History, Video games, Wing Commander
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