Jacob ChamblissinThe Languages of Video GamesWillingness to Fail and Gaga FeminismIn the final chapter of Aubrey Anable’s book, Playing With Feelings, entitled “Games to Fail With,” she discusses how our modern…Apr 23, 2019Apr 23, 2019
Jacob ChamblissinThe Languages of Video GamesTalking Casual Games and GenderIn Aubrey Anable’s book, Playing With Feelings, she discusses the relationship that casual games have with gender. By their very name…Apr 16, 2019Apr 16, 2019
Jacob ChamblissinThe Languages of Video GamesI Have No Words & I Must Describe SomethingWhen someone asks me what a new game is like, odds are the first thing I’ll tell them about it is the genre. In the sense that I think it…Mar 20, 2019Mar 20, 2019
Jacob ChamblissinThe Languages of Video Games“The Space Between Points”In Ian Bogosts’s book, How To Do Things With Videogames, he discuss the modern travel experience, specifically how it changed with the…Feb 14, 2019Feb 14, 2019
Jacob ChamblissinThe Languages of Video GamesGames As Art: The Sole Privilege of the “Artgame?”The debate about whether or not games are art rages ever on. Some people will probably always think so, and many people probably will…Feb 12, 2019Feb 12, 2019
Jacob ChamblissinThe Languages of Video GamesProblems of RepresentationMore representation. Better representation. These seem to be the mantras of people who want “equality” in video games. If marginalized…Jan 31, 20191Jan 31, 20191
Jacob ChamblissinThe Languages of Video GamesFinding a Community Through Video GamesThere was never a point in my life in which I hadn’t been playing video games. From the earliest point in my life which I can remember I…Jan 22, 2019Jan 22, 2019
