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Tag Archives: alexander galloway
On Assassin’s Creed 2 – Interface
This is the third of three essays in a series on Assassin’s Creed 2, which is itself part of a much larger series on the Assassin’s Creed franchise itself. Assassin’s Creed uses the mechanic of blending in order to allow Altair, the assassin of the Holy … Continue reading
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Tagged alexander galloway, assassin's creed, assassin's creed 2, ezio auditore, interface, video games
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Alexander Galloway on World of Warcraft Accompanied By My Big Fight Photos
Here the interface is awash in information. Even someone unfamiliar with the game will notice that the nondiegetic portion of the interface is as important if not more so than the diegetic portion. Gauges and dials have superseded lenses and … Continue reading
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Tagged alexander galloway, the interface effect, video games, world of warcraft
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Galloway on Images
One of the key consequences of the control society is that we have moved from a condition in which singular machines produce proliferations of images, into a condition in which multitudes of machines produce singular images. As evidence for the … Continue reading
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