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That is partly it, and that is definitely what I want to do for a larger project. Here though, I am really interested in the various ways that history is presented in Utopias or Dystopias. It appears, at least based on my readings so far and at le...
Seems to me like you're really talking about our view of the past, then, and how different artists formulate it. I certainly don't know of anything good on games from that perspective. Anyone else?
Matthew, which sense of history do you mean here? If you're talking about accounts of events, as opposed to actual events, there are some fascinating things to be done with Herodotus and other imaginative historians, I think.
I really just want t...
Matthew, which sense of history do you mean here? If you're talking about accounts of events, as opposed to actual events, there are some fascinating things to be done with Herodotus and other imaginative historians, I think.
I think, after going through a few novels, I'm going to focus on the presentation of history, and its function, in Utopian/Dystopian games. Right now, I am in a class on modernist Utopian and Dystopian literature in England and Europe. After readi...
I rented it last week, so I don't have it anymore. If I did, I would be there. Hope all is well.
This is a good choice. I don't have a headset, but I'll play anyways. My PSN ID is learning to cope.
VGHVI PS3 (!) Gaming: Little Big Planet at Playstation Network
September 17, 2009 from 9:30pm to 11:30pm
This week, we'll do our Thursday gaming on the PS3 instead of XBL for the first time. (Though Jonathan and Roger may be playing on XBL as well, I'm not sure.) The game we've chosen is Little Big Planet. (Which, incidentally, just got a Game of the...
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Two Items That Have Struck Me Recently
Over the past week, I've been playing Fallout 3 and Gears of War 2. Of course, both of these games are different, and with that fact in mind, I have two different observations. Before I delve into those, I noticed that both developers' mentioned that each game is the "player's." The Fallout 3 team says, "it's your game, so play it the way you want." Cliffy B. says, "We wanted the gameplay experience to feel like a summer blockbuster where you, the gamer, are the star." While… Continue
Posted on November 10, 2008 at 9:03pm — 2 Comments
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