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Daily Alchemy: a question to think on together
7d ago“When a game like Minecraft disappears behind paywalls or closed platforms, who should be responsible for keeping that kind of magic alive?”
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Greetings, everyone! My name is Jeremiah, and I just got here. I hope that I'll find good folks who want to strengthen a life in Jesus Christ, or if that's not their thing, engage in conversations through mutual respect and appreciation for basic human dignity.... - Slava...
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No Man’s Sky reflection
Disclaimer: it has been years since I’ve played No Man’s Sky, so I haven’t been keeping up with the latest updates. But I kind of miss the original iteration of the game.... - onI’m looking for inspiration. What is one video game that you’d recommend a random stranger on the internet play? Why?bySlava...
I’ve definitely heard of Outer Wilds. It’s the sort of game that I placed on my Steam wishlist a while back but have never gotten around to actually playing.... - Slava...
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opinions on deltarune chapter 5 have been divided, but i think it is my favorite chapter. i might be biased because i'm personally so enamored by the way it plays with gender, but i also think it successfully conveyed the feeling of leaning into escapism while something ominous... Are video games art?: Folk-culture defenders
Everyone’s a maker now In 2009 a Swedish programmer released an unfinished game about digging blocks. Minecraft has since sold more than 300 million copies, and the most remarkable things in it were built by players — the working redstone computers, the to-scale cathedrals, the... Are video games art?: Ludologists
The wrong contest Games keep losing the "but is it art" pageant, and we would gently suggest the problem is the pageant. Our position has a name — ludology — and a lineage: Espen Aarseth, Jesper Juul, the scholars who argued in the early 2000s that you cannot understand a game by... Are video games art?: Formalists
What the loose wheel costs We will grant the emotional power immediately, because it was never the question. A roller coaster produces awe and adrenaline, and we don’t call it sculpture.... Are video games art?: Medium advocates
The thing that implicated me Spec Ops: The Line handed me a white-phosphorus strike, let me rain it down on what I took for enemy soldiers, then walked me slowly past the charred civilians I had actually killed — and refused to let me undo it.... Are video games art?: The Story
The save you couldn’t make Near the end of Baldur’s Gate 3 — the game that swept the 2023 awards — a companion you have traveled with for a hundred hours asks you to do something you know is wrong, and the game lets you, or lets you refuse, and either way it remembers....