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The Quarry
After it’s surprise hit Until Dawn, Supermassive Games has rather consistently underwhelmed fans of cinematic, decision-based horror games. The Quarry is its attempt to...
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Summer Game Fest 2022: Mediocre at best
Since E3 is taking an extended vacation, Geoff Keighley has taken it upon himself to fill the summer lull with a...
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Reading Schulzke’s Defending the Morality of Violent Video Games
Do we have a moral obligation towards virtual characters? Or do games threaten to corrupt our understanding of virtue? Time to...
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How to Survive a Conference
Every month we produce one episode specifically for our Studying Pixels Plus members. This here is one of them. To access...
Terrible Marketing Choices
How about we advertise a new game by paying off people’s speeding tickets for one day? Or, even better, how about...
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Reading Waddington’s Locating the Wrongness in Ultra-Violent Video Games
The list of controversies revolving around violence in video games is long. But is there anything morally wrong with explicit violence...
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Star Wars Video Games: A Fraught History
A long time ago, in a galaxy far, far away, Star Wars games thrived under the LucasArts label. Spanning genre and...
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The Tragic Death of the PS Vita
Every month we produce one episode specifically for our Studying Pixels Plus members. This here is one of them. To access...
Which Gamer Type Are You?
Six categories, nine vastly different types. This time, we do a bit of introspection, look at what motivates us to play...
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The Best Mashups That Don’t Exist
Say you could cobble together any video game franchises and pair any developer studio with any series. What would you desire...
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Stefan H. Simond
Game studies scholar from Germany.
Dan Hughes
Japanese scholar from Texas.
Subverting Hypermasculinity
Men must be strong, show little emotion, and speak with violence—that is an exceedingly common trope in video games, referred to as hypermasculinity. We explore the concept of hypermasculinity to then focus on games that subvert or deconstruct it. Shownotes Measuring a macho personality constellation (Donald L. Mosher and...
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The Quarry
After it’s surprise hit Until Dawn, Supermassive Games has rather consistently underwhelmed fans of cinematic, decision-based horror games. The Quarry is its attempt to return to form. With a couple of teenagers on the last night at summer camp, does this spiritual sequel stick the landing? Here’s our spoiler-free review!
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Summer Game Fest 2022: Mediocre at best
Since E3 is taking an extended vacation, Geoff Keighley has taken it upon himself to fill the summer lull with a major showcase. But does it live up to expectations? We go over the high- and lowlights of Summer Game Fest 2022. Shownotes Summer Game Fest 2022 Full Presentation (GameSpot)...
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