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Weird games facing censorship: the case of Horses and the silent purge
The scene is almost absurd: it’s the day before the launch of Horses on the Epic Games Store. Two years of work, $100,000 invested, an Italian studio, Santa Ragione, literally staking its…
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Puyo Puyo x Tetris / Dopamine x Reflexion
Puyo Puyo Tetris is a game…To talk about Puyo Puyo is to evoke…The history of Tetris is sprawling, and it will take… Oh, what the heck. Finding an angle for this article…
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Gamification: Playing at work and vice versa
Scoring is a concept well known to gamers. This number, which we want to increase, is as old as video games themselves. As far back as the Magnavox Odyssey, arguably the first…
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Indiana Jones and modern fascism
Disclaimer: This article contains spoilers about the game Indiana Jones and the Ancient Circle. I advise you to do so before reading these lines. I’m talking about the various locations in the…
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How David Lynch changed my approach to art
David Lynch is dead, and I’m left with a whole world of anxieties, sensations and mysteries to unravel. I’m left with these roads winding through black forests, where the asphalt seems to…
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The need for LGBTQIA+ diversity and representation in video games
Have you ever found yourself in a cupboard without knowing immediately how to get out? And during this time of confinement, occasionally having a window on the world to which you think…
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My woke in your face: for more politicised and imperfect games
2024. You could say that the video games industry is on fire. Not in the ‘it’s cool’ sense, but literally burning before our very eyes. Studios are closing, developers are being laid…
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Behind the screen:video game developers facing greed and ignorance
Saving kingdoms on the brink of collapse. Survey vast, shimmering fairytale lands. Serve as a forest ranger with only the soothing voice of your walkie-talkie for company. These are just some of…
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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.