With only a couple more days left in the year, here are some of the best video game or game industry related articles I read in 2020. Videos were done last week.https://twitter.com/Legolas_Katarn/status/1340380959506481152 …
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"To simplify, apocalypses are often a product of our inability to create and imagine a better world. This is why even the most thoughtful games of this kind still strike me as conservative." By
@grace_machinehttps://graceinthemachine.com/2020/01/26/what-is-an-apocalypse-a-plague-tale-innocence-and-the-failures-of-prestige-game-storytelling/ …Show this thread -
"While his betrayal in the story’s final moments present the most serious argument for the game’s general cynicism, in the brutality of its winter, the player is also shown a different, no less important view of humanity." By
@reidmccarter https://bulletpointsmonthly.com/2020/02/12/huddled-together-the-last-of-us …Show this thread -
"it’s my belief that these characters appear to this audience as an expression of everything they hate about women – they see them as time-wasting, frivolous crybabies, people whose empathy and feeling makes them inconvenient and selfish." By @NyaAutomatahttps://timber-owls.com/2020/02/18/a-timely-and-momentous-defence-of-girls/ …
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“When I ask the boss what game he was playing, the boss tells me—and I’ll remember this my whole life—that it was Go. He spent the whole of his money to play Go on PC for over eight hours.” By
@crapstacularhttps://egmnow.com/the-closing-walls-around-chinas-independent-game-development-scene/ …Show this thread -
"The guilt he faces at work is an overpowering part of his life; it almost makes too much sense that he would be drawn to redemptive practice of making empathy games." By
@steppinlazerhttps://egmnow.com/empathy-for-the-devil/ …Show this thread -
"In this way the game transcended its limitations as merely a cowboy simulator; it was impacting my perception of time or, more accurately, time spent outside the game." By
@JacobTFarmerhttps://egmnow.com/in-my-waking-life/ …Show this thread -
"Playing regularly with the group has not only brought relief from the stress of the quarantine but also offered a very particular lens through which I’ve been able to see this pandemic unfold on a global scale." By
@SKHMobileDiscohttps://egmnow.com/a-pandemic-seen-from-rainbow-road/ …Show this thread -
"For me, the most surprisingly painful fictions portrayed in the Division are of basic competence and preparedness." By
@postwaranemonehttps://kotaku.com/the-doctor-the-disease-and-the-division-1843046712 …Show this thread -
"Final Fantasy is likely the most important series in my life; it’s impossible for me to identify, let alone convey, how much it means to me. How it has shaped the person I am — my politics; my values, my belief systems." By
@heartimeciahttps://www.fanbyte.com/trending/an-ode-to-final-fantasy-xiiis-oerba-dia-vanille/ …Show this thread -
"If, as a critic, you asked me of my art had a viewpoint, I’d tell you it does, absolutely, how could it not? But if you asked me “is it political?” I’d say no, absolutely not, in no way is it art." By
@docsquiddyhttps://medium.com/@DocSeuss/should-art-say-things-5229ab9c8909 …Show this thread -
"As technology advanced, facial hair moved from being a programming short cut into a fully fledged storytelling device." By
@FiveTaceyhttps://uppercutcrit.com/video-game-beards-as-visual-storytelling-a-transgender-perspective/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=video-game-beards-as-visual-storytelling-a-transgender-perspective …Show this thread -
"When I made seven of my coworkers in The Sims, I wasn't actually sure what I was missing out on. To tell the truth, I needed a story, and I know that fucking around in The Sims often generates ideas for me." By
@xoxogossipgitahttps://www.vice.com/en/article/935y5a/the-sims-is-my-last-normal-photo …Show this thread -
"I remembered what it felt like to be undead and very unsober – the hot, sticky void in my stomach, relentless pounding in my temples, and most of all, the serene indifference to all the things I might have done the previous night." By
@steppinlazerhttps://www.vg247.com/2020/06/01/disco-elysium-alcoholism/ …Show this thread -
"now when there are more structures in place inside various vectors of the videogame world to deal with harassment and lack of access that didn't exist before: good luck being remembered or cared about long enough for anyone to stand up for you."
@ellaguro https://ellaguro.blogspot.com/2020/06/beyond-gamergate.html …Show this thread -
"In a game with such an achingly white overall worldview, it’s hard not to notice how one of the few named characters of color behaves." By
@youmeyouhttps://uppercutcrit.com/authentic-voice-acting-is-more-than-skin-deep/ …Show this thread -
"The ease that comes with tropes and stereotypes also carry downsides. But game-makers can avoid these problematic tropes by putting in the same level of research in crafting their black characters’ backstories as they do other characters" By
@JournoJoshuahttps://medium.com/@journojoshua/catch-these-hands-the-black-boxer-trope-in-fighting-video-games-3dd8362e549e …Show this thread -
"The “modern” Bushido code — or rather, the interpretation of the Bushido code coined in the 1900s by Inazō Nitobe — was utilized in, and thus deeply ingrained into, Japanese military culture." By
@JusticeKazzy_https://www.polygon.com/2020/7/23/21333631/ghost-of-tsushima-kurosawa-films-samurai-japan-abe-politics …Show this thread -
We still have a long way to go make this space feel safe, and while we are doing the work, it’s always important to keep ourselves in check. In a society that likes to drill us with very toxic ideas, it’s our responsibility to fight it." By
@friedmontihttps://intothespine.com/2020/12/18/not-like-other-girls/ …Show this thread -
"Through a game’s virtual architecture, level designers can teach, encourage, challenge, or even manipulate players into playing a certain way and feeling a certain way while they play." By
@TheWolfeFMhttps://medium.com/super-jump/designing-donkey-kong-country-515cc8525328 …Show this thread -
"I began the research for this story hoping to get some understanding of video game credits. After looking through the credits of hundreds of games, I’ve found a lawless and unstructured world where nothing makes sense." By
@ForestLassmanhttps://kotaku.com/how-game-companies-use-credits-to-reward-or-punish-de-1840905129 …Show this thread -
"At my first job in the industry, crunch was expected. I was young and single at the time, so it didn’t affect my personal life, but I saw the effects it had on some of my co-workers.” By
@FiveTaceyhttps://www.washingtonpost.com/video-games/2020/04/27/being-pregnant-changes-everything-game-industry-awkwardly-grapples-with-maternity/ …Show this thread -
“Criticism, applied in good faith, is an act of empathy and kindness. It is a rejection of fanaticism. It rejects the schemes of money-men. It rejects the snobbish suggestion that there is “high art” and “low art.” By
@transgamerthinkhttps://kotaku.com/games-criticism-is-a-kindness-1843320046 …Show this thread -
"The story of Jacquey’s life and career, which has spanned numerous Ubisoft studios over 25 years, is full of surprises, contrasts, and ironies." By
@SamuelHortihttps://egmnow.com/pauline-jacqueys-world-tour-the-unlikely-journey-of-ubisofts-punk-nomad-fixer/ …Show this thread -
"Another typical day in the life of the Black ICE\White Noise team, a group of rookie designers charged with the near-impossible task of saving the Atari Jaguar from destroying America's most legendary video game developer." By
@bungeeman17https://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2020-02-19-the-story-of-black-ice-white-noise-the-atari-jaguar-saviour-that-never-came-out …Show this thread -
"Then again, to limit her legacy to words and pictures alone is to tell only half the story. Most accounts of her contributions to computer game design stop at what we can see onscreen." By
@perrindrumm https://eyeondesign.aiga.org/roberta-williams-is-the-worlds-first-graphic-computer-game-designer-but-shes-famous-for-all-the-wrong-reasons/ …Show this thread -
"Discussing how he went from a game developer to running numerous restaurants in Medellín. Talking about Rockstar, lying to Nintendo, and everything in between." By
@metallicaisradhttps://www.polygon.com/2020/4/16/21222700/diego-angel-colombia-rockstar-san-diego …Show this thread -
"But standing in WH Smith and hearing somebody talk about it like that was a great positive reinforcement that we were doing the right thing. I don't think we ever really appreciated how lucky we were to have such fun doing a job." By
@Wizwordshttps://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2020-05-03-the-story-of-your-sinclair …Show this thread -
"Woolsey's clever alterations to Final Fantasy 6's script and his dedication to the game's characters still echo in ways he never expected." By
@nadiaoxfordhttps://www.usgamer.net/articles/ted-woolsey-localization-translator-profile-nintendo-final-fantasy-6 …Show this thread -
“That really scares me because I know how pathetic the simulations are, really, compared to reality. The last thing I want people to come away with is that we’re on the verge of being able to simulate the way that a city really develops" By
@itstheshadsyhttps://obscuritory.com/sim/when-simcity-got-serious/ …Show this thread -
"Polygon has been putting together one of its biggest projects to date: a series of deeply researched, recklessly extravagant oral histories looking back at Street Fighter’s past." By
@LattMeone https://www.polygon.com/2020/7/7/21270906/street-fighter-1-oral-history-takashi-nishiyama … https://www.polygon.com/2020/11/23/21579064/street-fighter-alpha-an-oral-history …https://www.polygon.com/2020/12/8/22151873/street-fighter-3-an-oral-history …Show this thread - Show replies
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