This is a list of things that I like. The first section is games criticism, the second is comics work, and the third is made up of games that I’ve enjoyed.
If you have any suggestions, just leave a comment. If any links go dead, let me know and I will remove them.
The list will be populated over time, always a work in progress, so please don’t think that it is definitive at any moment in time. If something isn’t here, suggest it to me.
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VIDEO GAMES
BOOKS
Anthropy, Anna - Rise of the Videogame Zinesters [1]
Crogan, Patrick - Gameplay Mode: War, Simulation, and Technoculture [1]
Dyer-Witheford, Nick and Greig de Peuter – Games of Empire [1]
ARTICLES
Alexander, Leigh and Kirk Hamilton – “The Final Fantasy VII Letters“
Bioware Design Team – “Planescape: Torment Design Document“
Bissell and Ferrari – “On Videogames Criticism“
Brainy Gamer – “The ‘Smart Game’ Catalog“
Database of Game Creation Tools
design3 – “Tommy Refenes Interview“
Foucault, Michel – “Of Other Spaces, Heterotopias“
Hideo Kojima Interview @ The Guardian w/ Simon Parkin (part 1 / part 2)
Jayemanne, Darshana – “How To Do Things With Images“
Jayemanne, Darshana – “Generations and Game Localization“
Kierkegaard, Alex – ”The Myth of Independence“
Klastrup, Lisbeth – “The Worldness of Everquest“
kopas, merritt – “interview with Patricia Hernandez“
Lake, David – “Meditations on First Gaming Philosophy“
Moss, Richard – “The Perils, Challenges, and Uncertainty of Preserving Games“
NYU Game Center – “Lecture Series (lots o’ people talking about games)“
Owens, Mark – “Avatar Machine“
Packwood, Damon – “Alan Wake“
Rodgers, Jack Patrick – “Remembering the Orphan: Final Fantasy VIII“
Thaemlitz, Terre – “Becoming Minority“
We Make Money Not Art – “Animal Superpowers” and here
Yang, Robert – “The unportalable: games as paratexts and products“
Zacny, Rob – “Death March: The Long, Tortured Journey of Homefront“
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COMICS
BOOKS
ARTICLES
Brothers, David – “Gamble a Stamp: On Flex Mentallo“
Carter, Lynda – “Wonder Woman Can Save the World“
Clowes, Daniel – “Interviewed by Keith Phipps @ The A.V. Club“
Lamb, Marguerite – “Who Was Wonder Woman 1?“
Marionette – “Wonder Woman’s Pal Gloria Steinem“
Robbins, Trina – “Wonder Woman: Lesbian or Dyke?“
Steinem, Gloria – “Wonder Woman” [1]
Ware, Chris – “Interview with Fear No Art” [1]
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GAMES
