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The Pleasure of Doing Nothing!! Idle Games Make Labor Feel Like Play
Cookie Clicker gameplay screenshot showing large cookie
10 months ago in: Critical Video Game Studies no comments
When Watching Becomes Playing: My Night with Night Trap
Projected image of the 1992 game Night Trap displayed during the live playthrough at the University of Chicago’s Logan Center.
11 months ago in: Critical Video Game Studies no comments
Animal Well and the Intimacy of Uncertainty
Title screen from Animal Well (Billy Basso, 2024). The glowing well and forest evoke the game’s themes of secrecy, curiosity, and discovery.
11 months ago in: Critical Video Game Studies no comments
When Silence Plays Back: Rethinking Sound, Power, and Feeling in Games
The auditorium at the University of Chicago during the Year of Games Kick-Off Symposium, moments before the “Sound, Music, Play” panel began.
11 months ago in: Critical Video Game Studies 2 comments
Walking Through Time: Playing and Feeling in Passage
Pixelated character sprites showing stages of aging in Jason Rohrer's game Passage (2007).
12 months ago in: Critical Video Game Studies no comments