by Kourosh Dini, MD
Similar to Portal, Braid is a puzzle game. Puzzles are important to the mind as they offer the opportunity to grow …
There are a number of definitions for “puzzle”, but one I would like to focus on here is: “a particularly baffling problem that is said to have a correct solution.”
Braid came out to critical [...]
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“What does it mean when a character you’ve created makes you re-examine your own life through their astonishing selflessness?”
- from Alice and Kev
Robin Burkinshaw, game design student, created two characters using the Sims game and decided to watch and document their lives.
Given characteristics that make for a hard life, the odds are clearly stacked [...]
The question of are “video games art” (one, two, three) just feels wrong. It seems like there’s something wrong with the question itself. Video games are a medium. Art has long been an act done across medium and continues to search for new media and new methods of expression. [...]
I’m glad to see that there is a growing sensibility towards video games in the culture …
From the Entertainment Software Association press release:
Video games help teach children important life skills like strategic thinking, teamwork, cooperation and creativity according to a report commissioned by the European Union (EU) last month. Toine Manders, a member of the [...]
Why is it that the bad guys in video games get more and more difficult as you fight them? Suddenly they spawn five new limbs, discover an even bigger laser in their back pocket that they forgot about, or reincarnate in an even stronger form. Is it that they’ve forgotten how strong they [...]
