Tag The Medium is the Message

Criticism, Essays, Game Design, Narrative Design, Playing Games

Multimedia

What’s interesting about games as a medium is that, as I touched on briefly last week, they aren’t a medium in any substantial sense. Yes, there are certain expectations and technical restraints and conventions, but nothing that can’t be easily…

Problem Machine
September 5, 2020

Criticism, Diagnosticism, Essays, Game Design

Patrolling the Premises

I recently read this article decrying the famous trolley problem’s newfound fame and ubiquity. While I may have quibbles regarding some of its arguments, I still found it a very interesting and thought-provoking piece. I’d like to, for the moment,…

Problem Machine
August 29, 2020
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