I’ve been reading about the Big Model of tabletop RPGs over the last few weeks, especially its doctrine of creative agendas.
Posts By: Ben Milton
A game might be more an art form than a work of art, and it is instead the individual playthroughs of a game that are the works of art.
Works of Art
4 A piece of great videogame art would give its players something that they haven’t demanded, and in fact could never demand at all, because for it to be effective it would have to show them something new.
Are Rules Art?
4 The question I’ve begun asking myself is, if I’m taking time to weed out junk information, how can I weed out junk games? What qualifies as a worthwhile game, something that I’ll be glad I played afterwards?
The Gaming Diet
5 Dear Esther resolutely, and I think intentionally, resists any kind of complete analysis, but over the months since I first played and replayed the game, a kind of shape has been forming in my mind, one that grows and builds upon itself each time I go through it.
Damascus and Golgotha
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It's not as if I find major releases overwhelming or intimidating, but these days, given the choice between BioShock and World of Goo, I'll take the latter almost every time.
Cardboard Ancestors
24 BioShock is not a game. Neither is Half-Life, and neither is Braid. We shouldn’t be calling things games when we aren’t playing them against people. Is this a problem? Not really.