Jon Bailes
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Journey to the Savage Planet Can Help Us Rethink Satire in Games
Cashing in on criticism.
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Complex Control System: Science as the Master Manipulator in Remedy’s Control
“So sad, so strange, the days that are no more.”
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Call of the Wild: How Playing as Animals Can Tell Us More About Ourselves
Beast mode.
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The Guilty Pleasures of Video Game Violence Are a Mirror for Our Consumerist Nightmare
In Hotline Miami, Katana Zero, My Friend Pedro, and real life, doing bad things is your fault—even when it isn’t.
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Game of Pawns: Power and Agency in Fire Emblem: Three Houses
In a game where you control every detail of your characters’ lives, who controls you?