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First-Person Perspective and the Untroubled Gaze

Posted on December 22, 2012 by Kaitlin Tremblay

The other day I was playing Fallout 3, and in my zeal to kill as many guards as possible before escaping Vault 101, I switched to third person perspective. It was jarring, but I decided to give it a shot: … Continue reading →

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Bad at What? The Question of Skill and Games Criticism

Posted on April 26, 2012 by Kyle Stegerwald

What does it mean to be bad at a video game, and what are you actually bad at when you can’t do something as simple as whack a stationary target with a melee weapon? What does it mean to be Really Good At A Videogame? What consequences does this have for criticism and design? Continue reading →

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