A Game by Any Other Name: Assessing the Conflict in Discourse
1,387Video games have advanced in leaps and bounds since their humble beginnings and are now an art form. Isn't there a value in understanding what IS a game, when some designers are more interested in making art than designing a game? Let's explore the idea and then look at how the mainstream media has discouraged the discussion of what's "not a game."
Transcript and Slides/Blog - http://actionptstext.blogspot.com/2014/06/a-game-by-any-other-name-assessing.html
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Sources -
Gone Home Metacritic - http://www.metacritic.com/game/pc/gone-home
Wikipedia LGBT characters - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_LGBT_characters_in_video_games
Yes, Tony is Gay - http://earthboundcentral.com/2008/06/yes-tony-is-gay-and-mr-saturn-is-innocent/
Gone Home reviews:
Recommended Reviews:
Eurogamer - http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2013-08-15-gone-home-review
Gather Your Party - http://www.gatheryourparty.com/articles/2013/08/22/gone-home-review/
Featured Reviews:
IGN - http://www.ign.com/articles/2013/08/15/gone-home-review
Kotaku - http://kotaku.com/gone-home-the-kotaku-review-1118218265
Polygon - http://www.polygon.com/2013/8/15/4620172/gone-home-review-if-these-walls-could-talk
Giant Bomb - http://www.giantbomb.com/reviews/gone-home-review/1900-591/
Hsu and Gerstmann:
http://www.1up.com/do/blogEntry?bId=6228583&publicUserId=5379799
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dan_Hsu#cite_note-7
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeff_Gerstmann
http://www.giantbomb.com/articles/and-now-the-rest-of-the-story/1100-4037/
After E3 2013 - http://youtu.be/Ar2npSlcbGU
Idle Thumbs - https://www.idlethumbs.net/
Giant Bomb Bastion Review - http://www.giantbomb.com/bastion/3030-32085/
Giant Bomb's Jeff Gerstmann -http://vimeo.com/92143983
Leigh Alexander's Article - http://www.theatlantic.com/entertainment/archive/2013/09/-em-gone-home-em-a-brilliant-example-of-how-less-can-be-more-in-video-games/279464/
BranWheatKillah's Steam Post - http://steamcommunity.com/app/232430/discussions/0/864977025908152755/#p3
Leigh Alexander's FAQ - http://leighalexander.net/faq/
A Message from Ken Levine - http://irrationalgames.com/new-featured/a-message-from-ken-levine-2/
HyperBitHero's The Order 1886 video - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fGVFcBvLNWI
Polygon's DuckTales Remastered Review -http://www.polygon.com/2013/8/12/4608034/ducktales-remastered-review-money-pit
Tomodachi Life -http://www.nintendolife.com/news/2014/04/nintendo_provides_some_context_to_2013s_tomodachi_life_same_sex_marriage_controversy
Forbes article about Robert Florence - http://www.forbes.com/sites/erikkain/2012/10/25/video-game-journalist-robert-florence-leaves-eurogamer-after-libel-complaints/
Steve Gaynor's tweet - https://twitter.com/fullbright/status/289075100630790146
Steve Gaynor's deleted tweets - http://jameshabermann.tumblr.com/post/71920095414/here-is-one-of-the-lead-developers-of-gone-home
Hanako Games - http://www.hanakogames.com/
George Kaitani - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Kamitani
Kotaku Dragon Crown Article - http://kotaku.com/game-developers-really-need-to-stop-letting-teenage-boy-472724616
Klepek and Alafax Youtube - http://imgur.com/lt5cAs5
Klepek encouraging Harassment - http://imgur.com/1e3p5c0
Music by Chris Zabriskie, http://chriszabriskie.com/
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