https://www.instagram.com/thegametourist/ The Last of Us (Naughty Dog, 2014 Remastered) is perhaps storyplaying in perfection. It sets the player within a post-apocalyptic world and has him experience the dystopia it simulates. Probably the most important aspect of the game is the relationship between Joel and Ellie, which on a basic plot level illustrates the struggles of fatherhood…
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No Man’s Sky Diary_Log Entry_01: The Rasamama S36_Spacetime_10.08.2016
No Man’s Sky Diary The following notes are brief. Nonetheless they describe my venture into the vastness of the universe, in search for … I don’t know yet. The Rasamama S36; Spacetime 10.08.2016 August 10th, space year 2016… The Rasamama S36 had crashed, and I was forced to reassemble it, collecting materials from the…
The Success behind Super Mario
“It’s a me, Mario!” In a recent article, Super Mario: The Success behind the Jumping Video Game Plumber (original title: Super Mario: Deshalb ist der hüpfende Videospiel-Klempner so beliebt), Sebastian Richly investigates upon the reasons behind Mario’s ongoing success. I had the pleasure of helping in the process, and was asked several questions. We discerned several reason…
The Stanley Parable: Dystopia and the Implied Player (DiGRA 2015 Diversity of Play)
At this year’s DiGRA, I had the pleasure of giving a talk about „The Stanley Parable: Dystopia and the Implied Player”. To give you a brief summary: The talk mainly aimed at uncovering dystopia’s implied warning within the game itself. Every dystopia is inherently didactic, in that it tries to warn us of a potential…
Agency and Personal Responsibility in Telltale’s The Walking Dead
The article was previously released in the January issue of Making Games magazine and online at www.makinggames.de. The present atricle shows some minor corrections. In an attempt to evolve the medium of the video game on an aesthetic level, Telltale’s post-apocalyptic vision in The Walking Dead steps away from competitive combat and lays strong emphasis on meaningful narrative…
Happy Birthday Good Old Friend!
To celebrate the 25th anniversary of the original Game Boy, I took the liberty of posting this picture. The original Game Boy was my first gaming console (or system) and I hereby want to thank Nintendo and the Game Boy for introducing video games to my life. Happy Birthday good old friend!