Posts from 2017

How Not To Make Your Movie Based on a Videogame – A Tutorial by Assassin’s Creed (2016)

“Nothing is true, everything is permitted” is a good creed for a videogame. Not so much for #AssassinsCreed the movie.

The Game That Started It All - Assassin's Creed Review (PC)

Celebrating its 10th anniversary, Assassin's Creed has stood the test of time

Angry Video Game Turd

Angry Video Game Nerd: The Movie can be described with a single word: disappointment. What were they thinking?

Longing for the aesthetics of decay in digital games

Obsessed with obliteration: The longing for decay in video-games.

The Rolls-Royce Was the Least of It: Fairweather Manor, 1917

Larping upstairs and downstairs in an English manor.

A Look at the Older Demographic of World of Warcraft

Older adults play MMORPG’s as well!

Lapsihahmojen esittämistavat videopeleissä - Tarkastelussa pelitutkimuksen artikkeli

Susanne Eichnerin essee käsittelee lapsihahmoja digitaalisissa peleissä tunteiden virittämisen näkökulmasta.

Panzer Dragoon Saga (Saturn) review

Status symbol or a genuinely underappreciated classic? Review of Panzer Dragoon Saga.

The Almighty Protagonist as Unreliable Narrator: Narrative Concepts for Understanding Digital Games

Ways of telling stories can be highlighted through comparing narrative tools in videogames and literature.

XCOM: The Board Game review

My failed foray in the world of tabletop gaming: XCOM: The Board Game

BioShock: Infinite, The Last of Us ja The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt -pelejä yhdistää väkivaltainen isyys, anti-isät ja erityislaatuiset tyttäret

The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt haastaa isähahmojen patriarkaalisen auktoriteetin, toisin kuin BioShock ja the Last of Us.

Never mind the vampires, here’s glitch horror

Glitch horror utilizes the fallibility of technology as the source of its horrors.

An odd odyssey in Abe’s world

Oddworld: Abe’s Oddysee is a 90s gem definitely worth playing. It’s a great from zero to hero story of a slave searching for freedom.

Her Story Has Already Come to an End, But Now It Begins Anew

For the narrative enthusiast, complex storytelling far outweighs the clunky combat in Hellblade: Senua’s Sacrifice

Games to look for in 2018

Prey – avaruusasemalla vain hirviöt kuulevat huutosi

Tiivistunnelmainen Prey koukuttaa tutkimaan hajoavan avaruusaseman kauhuja. Jakoavain käteen ja menoksi!

Papers, Please succeeds in replicating Weber's Iron Cage of Bureaucracy in Video Game Form

The depiction of bureaucracy in Papers, Please reflects the ideas of Max Weber. Glory to Arstotzka!

Max Payne Mobile Arvostelu

Suomi-valmisteisen peliklassikon muuten täydellinen mobiilikäännös on pilattu liiallisella helppoudella.

Outlast Review

Embrace the fear: it's time to enter the terrifying world of Outlast.

Does violent gameplay lead to aggressive behavior?

In his article, Grant Tavinor deconstructs the meaning of aggressive behavior and the fictional nature of videogames

Labyrinth, or Marble Inferno

Some may remember the Labyrinth puzzle from their childhood. Some had a happy one.

Quest for More Sophisticated Approach to Morality

 Paragon or Renegade? When designing a game with complex moral themes, shades of grey trump black and white

Final Fantasy XV

A Final Fantasy for fans and first-timers. Another epic adventure from Square Enix

NeoNinja Review

Be a modern-day ninja and swipe your way to victory in this stealthy mobile game!