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Playful micro-geopolitics on Openfront.io
In online games, players’ limited expressivity is constantly positioned within social and political struggles, which often take the form of fascist slogans, and determine game situations by imposing emerging but inevitable stakes…
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Endless Play
Turning in a paper on time late: do you understand the delicious irony? It has to be said that I’m sorely short of time at the moment. I’ve got weekly quests to…
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The divine child of The Pyrénées
Pyrene is a chemical compound with the formula C₁₆H₁₀. It is produced by the combustion of organic matter, and is one of the toxic substances found in cigarette smoke. A substance I…
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My letter to Paul Atreides about DUNE video games
Les jeux vidéo dans l’univers de Dune, il y en a déjà plein. Il y en aura plus encore. Les héritiers de Dune 2, le MMO à venir.
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Putting an end to the flow
Is it possible? To write without style? To speak without rhythm? To play without flow? A few years ago, psycho-explorers discovered flow. It was a cape, a peak, an optimum of…
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Les Pleurs du mâle
Dans les jeux vidéo, un personnage ça ne souffre pas.