About: Playing With Aesthetics
This week we are going for F-Zero GX. Dylan has some awesome memories with this game so he thought it could use some Aesthetics analysis! We started with some games with fairly broad Aesthetic nets, but for us, this is the first (of likely many) that really displays a more focused, less widely cast look at the Aesthetics. Tell us what you think!
About: Playing With Aesthetics
Next up, your favorite Final Fantasy. That’s right, pick your favorite and vote according to that. There are some differences game-to-game but it seemed tedious to separate them all out for the smaller variances. Instead we thought it would be more interesting to see the aggregate of what made favorite Final Fantasy games stand out. Tell us what you think! Continue reading
Frameworks have two main purposes: To help understand ourselves and to help communicate who we are to others. So let’s understand and communicate! Continue reading
About: Playing With Aesthetics
For our second analysis, let’s dive into the Pokémon series. The game means a lot of different things to different people (as Dust’s WIHILA that is coming tomorrow addresses) so let’s hear what you guys have to say! Continue reading
About: Playing With Aesthetics
Our first game is Shin Megami Tensei IV. Tell us what you think! Continue reading
Hi everyone! Des and I are excited to introduce a new column that we are going to be starting up called Playing With Aesthetics! A little while back, Des wrote a piece touching on the MDA framework which both of us find really interesting; it’s a great way to look at games. We have not seen much out there that tries to use this lens to categorically database games, so we are taking up the task! Continue reading
It always amazes me how physically tracking time, making this move from the intangible to the tangible can be so powerful. Continue reading
What are the pros and cons of safety nets in games and how can these translate towards our daily mentalities and actions? Continue reading
Thanks to David and Holly over at Comparative Geeks for the nomination for the Liebster Award. We love the concept of these things. It is a great way to share the community with like minded people. Since we already did something very similar for the Sunshine Blogger award we will direct you to that article for good references and facts about us. The Liebster adds in some directed questions though, so we can add some additional info! Let’s see: Continue reading
This gaming experience was a good reminder that we live in a changing world. A tool that is amazing today may not be that relevant tomorrow and a company that is here today, may be gone tomorrow. Predicting the future can be near impossible but there are things we can do to face it optimistically. Continue reading
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