Tag Archives: Mass Effect 3

Dialogue Options: Where’s the Rhetoric?

Posted on February 7, 2014 by Gaines Hubbell

Last year, Stephen Beirne pointed out the way dialogue in video games is treated as an obstacle—not a part of gameplay. Beirne’s right. But, I’m going to look at why Beirne’s right, particularly for games with dialogue menus. Simulation is … Continue reading →

Posted in Criticism, Gaines Hubbell | Tagged conversation, dialogue menu, dialogue options, dialogue writing, dramatism, Fable, Fuck Videogames, Gaines Hubbell, Kenneth Burke, Mass Effect, Mass Effect 2, Mass Effect 3, Morality, pentad, rhetoric, rhetorical situation, Video games, writing for video games | 3 Comments

360 No Scope Corny Shoot: The 7th Generation of Games

Posted on October 31, 2013 by Gaines Hubbell

By Gaines So, Critical-distance.com does a segment called Blogs of the Round Table (BoRT), which I like because it often pulls the occasionally disparate communities of video games bloggers together around a single topic, building the community, and it has … Continue reading →

Posted in Criticism, Gaines Hubbell | Tagged 7th Generation, Blogs of the Round Table, BoRT, Dubstep, Gaines Hubbell, Indie games, Mass Effect, Mass Effect 3, Nintendo DS, No love, PS 3, PSP, RPG, Video Game History, Video games, Wii, Xbox 360 | 6 Comments

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Dialogue Options: Where’s the Rhetoric?

360 No Scope Corny Shoot: The 7th Generation of Games

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