Videogame Theorist, Game Developer and Interdisciplinary Nerd
Videogame Theorist, Game Developer and Interdisciplinary Nerd
As the Internet is well aware, Duke Nukem Forever was finally released one week ago after fourteen years of troubled development. In less than a year, the game has gone from long-time Internet joke to over-the-top hype machine to unmitigated…
You can really do a lot with game design. Designers can create worlds of deep richness, complex and dynamic stories, and innovative ways of interacting with the game world. More often than not, though, development studios opt to simply take…
This weekend, I won a game of Monopoly against my wife and her sister. For me, this was somewhat significant, as it may be the first time I’ve ever won a full game of Monopoly…ever. Of course, that’s partially because…
I’ve always found history fascinating. It ranks among my nerdy interests somewhere above heraldry and below cartography (I was obsessed with maps as a child). How could you possibly improve upon my love of history? How about throwing in a…
The year 2011 marks ten years since the first issue of Game Studies, when Espen Aarseth officially christened the field. Of course, many scholarly works on videogames had already written, including Janet Murray’s influential book Hamlet on the Holodeck. Nevertheless,…