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Discussion of the extent to which game developers ought to aim explicitly to deliver a moral message. - A Teacher's Primer
Response to the Canadian Teacher's Federation calling for a ban of Rockstar's Bully. - Ludonarrative Dissonance in Bioshock
My criticism (not a review) of Irrational's game Bioshock. - On Authorship in Games
An examination of the nature of authorship in an interactive medium. - Convergence 'No longer a theory'
More on convergence as hollywood filmmakers start their own game studios. - Hollywood’s Bloody Ballet – What Game Design Can Learn From 300
On the myth of game/film convergence. - I Stand Corrected - partly
On the importance of game criticism (as opposed to reviews) and why we need it.
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