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Games, Tired Clichés, Class and Love of the Form

July 30, 2013 by Alexander Young

I’m really not one for confessionals. The detached, passive, “academic” voice that I tend to use when I write is a result of, in part, years of schooling, but mainly the result of a fear of being exposed. It’s a great deal easier to reconcile one’s opinions with an imaginary narrator than with oneself, particularly … [Read more…]

Posted in: Musings Tagged: class, video games

Social Action, Abstraction and Video Games

November 5, 2012 by Alexander Young Leave a Comment

A test case or two will often arise concerning the role that social mores play in the development of games in terms of their narratives and their mechanics: as an industry, we are at once rape apologists and corrupting the youth with imagery normalising the consumption of magic mushrooms. As the medium progresses and continues … [Read more…]

Posted in: Musings Tagged: abstraction, social action, video games, weber

The Irrelevance of Nostalgia

September 1, 2012 by Alexander Young Leave a Comment

I’m an avid reader of Edge, so it is inevitable that I have read many things written by Leigh Alexander, and a common theme emerges with an overview taken of her work for Edge: the importance she believes nostalgia to play in the actions of game journalists, developers and the community at large. As much … [Read more…]

Posted in: Musings Tagged: edge, leigh alexander, nostalgia, video games

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