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Tag Archives: criticism
On Killing is Harmless
I recently had the concept of “sandwich criticism” explained to me. It goes something like this: you open a critique of a paper, or anything really, with a positive note. That’s the bottom slice of bread. They to proceed to … Continue reading
Posted in Video Games
Tagged brendan keogh, criticism, killing is harmless, spec ops, video games
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On Game Centered Criticism
So I woke up yesterday morning and did some work and then read Twitter. There were some tweets that Patricia Hernandez made about games and games criticism. So I wrote some tweets and she responded to them and we had … Continue reading
Posted in Video Games
Tagged art, brendan keogh, criticism, darius kazemi, patricia hernandez, video games
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Pat Holleman Writes on Authorial Intent
I don’t have a whole lot to write today–I had some big hang-outs with a friend that started at 9am, which hasn’t left me a whole lot of time to do internetting and the kind of hard-hitting journalism/complaining that you … Continue reading
Posted in Video Games
Tagged criticism, final fantasy, pat holleman, reverse design, video games
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