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Shbobdb
Dec 16, 2010

by Reene
I don't know about that. A lot of video games are at the "man sneezing" or naughty Nickelodeon level. I think the pomo pop culture analysis that we apply to more well developed mass media like TV and Film is ill suited to video games right now unless you want to make a point about something other than the game itself. You could talk about violence and sexism in society but if you are leading with Michael Bay your medium isn't going to get a lot of respect.

So treat it like film when film was new. Be a snob and ignore the Nickelodeons.

And flirt with other more established forms of media. Is the ludonarrative dissonance from "And Then She Fell" and other similar works informed by video games?

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