1 Bloodborne remains a game that you choose to play, that you can leave behind at any time. Arguing that it is abusive turns pain into a badge for posturing with. (CW: abuse, DV)
Posts By: Amsel von Spreckelsen
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Following on from my previous post for the Ontological Geek the first question that needs to be answered is ‘why Dungeons & Dragons?’ I made a point in that article of arguing against exceptionalism, which should be taken to be a stance against both intra and extra-classification exceptionalism. That is to say holding single entities as the unassailable pinnacle of their kind is as bad as holding a class of objects apart from other classes. To argue that video games are not separable from other games by virtue of their uniqueness but then to argue that within the genre of […]
Why Dungeons & Dragons?
It started with a simple enough premise: you cannot understand video games if you don’t understand Dungeons & Dragons.
On Mediating the Gap Between Tabletop and Screen
Horror stories try to scare both the character in the story and the reader or player. But in horror tabletop RPGs, where this line is blurred, who is the GM trying to scare?