Games for Change: Supporting Students’ Creativity and Critical Thinking
Games for Change (G4C) holds an annual contest where students submit original games, designs, and writing. These submissions address specific themes connected to the UN’s...
Author : Cleonel A. Bottex
Portal 2: A Pleasurable Pastime to Propose to a Pensive Partner
Portal 2 pulled me back into gaming after taking some time away to finish a couple of degrees and start my career. I was early...
Life, Liberty, and Property: Zero-Sum Capitalism in BioShock
BioShock wastes no time getting the player to Rapture, a self-contained underwater city. Free from restriction by government and religion, Rapture’s inhabitants had the chance...
To Kill or Not to Kill: The Ethics of Vengeance in Dishonored
Dishonored puts the player in the role of Corvo, the bodyguard of Empress Jessamine. In the opening, Corvo attempts to prevent the assassination of Jessamine...
Love, Duty, or Fury: Choice and Human Existence in Trek to Yomi
Trek to Yomi made me feel like the protagonist in an old-school samurai flick. The camera angles and environmental sounds focused my attention on the...