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A blog devoted to looking at games a little more closely.
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The Politics and Ethics of AI
Words: 10549 Approximate Reading Time: 1-1.5 hrs. The rise of AI (or what we call “AI”) over the past few years has brought with it a host of debates concerning its functionality, its usefulness, and its overall value. It’s not hard to find people sharing stories about how they created something – a video, a…
On Storytelling: Pathologic 3
Pathologic as a series of games has always focused on how players interact with the medium of video games. The third game explores this same topic through its own interesting lens. With the main character jumping back and forth across the timeline trying to find the “right” solution to every problem, it invites the player…
The Stories of Ownership and Wealth in Games
The NFT craze a few years back gave rise to a lot of narratives about things like owning items and making money. These narratives were appealing, but hollow, as their real purpose was to sell a technology. I take those stories and break them apart to help illustrate how we can be more skeptical of…
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