Samantha XiaoNov 27, 20183 min readOh Boy, I Bet What You Really Wanted to Read was Another Argument about the LectureI've decided it's time to kick the hornet's nest and continue the conversation we had at the end of class today on Third World Farmer and...
davidmatzNov 27, 20189 min readresponses from lectureThis is more a collection of responses to what we discussed today than a single coherent post. People brought up a lot of interesting...
Henry FilosaNov 27, 20182 min readFailing at Failure: Pippin’s revision of Ancient Greek PunishmentPerhaps intentionally (or an example of meta-failure), the syllabus link to Let’s Play: Ancient Greek Punishment is actually for the...
mrjacksonNov 26, 20183 min readHell is Other People and also Crafting SystemsThere's a kind of individualist mania that MMOs provoke in me. I'm not saying I don't enjoy playing with others, but I do bristle when...
tjuan9513Nov 26, 20183 min readPersonal Ramble about a Networked Experience With the development of the Internet and computer/console hardware, networked games have become a staple of the gaming community. It has...
jacquesmNov 26, 20182 min readA relevant review of CrossCodeOver the break, I played the recently released action role-playing game CrossCode developed by Radical Fish games. The game is set in an...
Andre DollisonNov 26, 20182 min readNetwork Games and influence on community discourseAfter discussing network games and communication I began to wonder if player access to communication may negatively impact the games...
flynnrichardson12Nov 26, 20182 min readWe The Giants Made Me Angry: The Role of Emotion in Educational GamesOut of all the games we’ve played up to Week 7 for this class, none had managed to make me angry. Even games like Problem Attic and...
Michelle McMillanNov 25, 20182 min readOne Hour, One Life Perfectly Sums Up My Problem with Network GamesI'll start off by admitting that I rarely play online multiplayers. I think the only time that I extensively played a game online was...
ardavidNov 25, 20182 min readTime and Precariousness in One Hour, One LifeAs Jagoda mentions in Network Aesthetics, Caroline Pelletier describes games as "enacted as objects of meaning" that must be understood...
Patrick LouNov 25, 20182 min readNetworks and Control Reading through Professor Jagoda's chapter on "Participatory Aesthetics," I was particularly interested in how Jagoda often returned to...
ggodinezNov 25, 20182 min readCooperation is NecessaryAfter starting One Hour, One Life, I found myself initially confused. Who are all these people around me? Why am I a baby? Why is...
Jesse MartinezNov 25, 20183 min readOne Hour (If You Get The Chance)It's been a long day, and all you want to do is sit down and play a quick game of One Hour, One Life. You love the opportunity to build a...
alexfriedman115Nov 25, 20182 min readDifficulty in GamingAfter putting in tons of hours into Pokemon Let's GO Eevee, I had an interesting discussion with a friend of mine where he proclaimed he...
Cavell MeansNov 25, 20182 min readWe the ... Closed NetworkWhile playing We the Giants when we had to for class, I noticed a relative emptiness to the game, almost as if it had been abandoned....
zachshermanNov 25, 20183 min readFortnite and Networked NarrativesFortnite is utterly now– its an absurdist dystopia constructed around watching the world’s destruction by “natural” disaster (along with...
hurstonNov 25, 20182 min readA Giant without GiantsAs I played the first 4 minutes of We the Giants I was both intrigued and a little excited. I wanted to see where this cute, yet somewhat...
rmeleusNov 25, 20182 min readThe trend of MMO features in "single-player" games While in class, as we discussed different MMO aspects and how other games implement these features, from your expected traditional MMORPG...
Kailin Nov 25, 20182 min readCaring about the GiantsMy impression of We the Giants after playing it is that, with some more elements, it could’ve been a lot more successful in engaging the...
Daniel SolnikNov 25, 20182 min readWe the Giants and the engagement of others playing the same game as youPlaying We the Giants, it's easy to imagine what the game could have been. In its heyday, the game would have taken on a whole new...
