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Bayonetta: Female Sexuality and Agency in Video Games
Featured Author Laila Carter uses media theory to defend the meaningful sexuality of Bayonetta.
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Beyond the Moral Binary: Decision-Making in Video Games
Featured Author Richard Nguyen discusses what works and what doesn't in video game morality.
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Why 3 disks were acceptable for Final Fantasy VII, and why 3 games are not for its remake.
How philosophy led me to change my mind about the Final Fantasy VII remake.
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Beyond the Panel’s Frame: The Transformation of Comics into Video Games
Featured Author Laila Carter analyzes the relations between comics and video games as storytelling media.
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On Nier: Ought a Game’s World to be Fun to Explore?
I return to Nier to explore the question of whether great games need to have fun worlds.
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The Open-House Narrative in Gone Home
Featured Author Richard Nguyen argues that free exploration in games doesn't require a massive open world.
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“Beacon Received”: The Satisfaction of Discovery in the Metroid series.
Featured Author Laila Carter uses Metroid to explore why "linear" games don't always feel linear.
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Critical Review: Xenoblade and Leibniz.
With Xenoblade X releasing tomorrow, I revisit and update my work on Xenoblade Chronicles.
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Is the existence of amiibo philosophically justifiable?
On the one-year anniversary of amiibo, With a Terrible Fate explores whether they have any unique value.
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