This article is part 1 of a two-part interview with the creators of the World War 1 themed first-person shooter multiplayer game, Verdun. To read part 2, please click on this link. Introduction World War 1 was one of the bloodiest conflicts of history, a conflict that lastedContinue Reading
This article is the thematic introduction to a series on the future of quantification in history. To read the articles in the series click on the following links for part one, part two, part three, or part four. Big Data is upon us, and it looks like it’s here to stay. Has Plato’sContinue Reading
The hero is he who is immovably centred Ralph Waldo Emerson If I had to explain Apotheon to someone who doesn’t play video games, I’d say this: “imagine the figures of ancient Greek vase art, come to life…” This pithy description seems to best fit the game’s concept, and theContinue Reading
« Those who study history are concerned with the occurrences of passed times; those who conceive time as history are tuned to what will happen in the future. » — George Grant, Time as History When we play at History, are we playing the past, or the future? As players of history-themedContinue Reading
This article is part 2 of a 2-part series on prison management games, and the controversies surrounding them. You can read the introductory remarks for the series here, and part 1 here. Playing Prison Architect almost always cheers me up. Is that bad? When I play the game, I’mContinue Reading
This article is part 1 of a 2-part series on prison management games, and the controversies surrounding them. You can read the introductory remarks for the series here. Apparently, Prison Tycoon isn’t much fun to play. “Apparently”, because even though I’ve played it myself, I wasn’t seeking entertainment. InContinue Reading
N.B. This post is an introduction to an upcoming two-part series on prison management games, and the controversies surrounding them. It’s a fair question to ask: are prison management games any less controversial than your average violent video game? Or any opus from the Grand Theft Auto family,Continue Reading
“Once upon a time in the wild, Wild West… “ …a game publisher decides that it needs to save a once-successful game license from certain doom. For a series built on the premise of gunslinging in the Western style, that could only mean one thing: give’m gunfighting action, and lots ofContinue Reading