CS 247G – Outstanding Assignments August 26, 2023 Due to an unfortunately timed COVID case and a couple of personal issues, I was unable to complete a lot of the individual assignments…
Critical Play: Play Like a Feminist June 6, 2023 Shira Chess states several ways feminist ideals are pushed in video games, such as strong agency and player hegemony, especially playing as a female-identifying…
Critical Play – Playing SSBU under a feminist lens June 6, 2023 For this week’s Critical Play I played Super Smash Brother’s Ultimate for the Nintendo Switch – playing as the two characters Palutena and Peach…
Competitive Analysis June 6, 2023 Cards against Humanity is a judging game that’s like an X-rated mix of Apples to Apples and Mad Libs. Play goes exactly as it does…
Critical Play: Walking Simulator June 6, 2023 Walking is a key mechanic in The Stanley Parable, as it is the main source of player agency. In addition to walking, boundaries play…
Critical Play: Judging Games June 6, 2023 Apples to apples, by Matthew Kirby, is a classic judging game. It targets a wide audience of teenagers and adults as the lighthearted, fun…
Critical Play: Play Like A Feminist June 4, 2023 Playing With Those We Love Alive was a weird, uncomfortable, immersive, divergent, intimate, and hopeful experience. Playing it like a feminist meant, for me,…
Critical Play: Games of Chance June 3, 2023 I played a couple different slots games on VegasSlotsOnline.com, as well as Roulette. I’ve passed through Nevada a few times and I often…
Critical Play – Feminist – One Night, Hot Springs June 1, 2023 About the Game One Night, Hot Spring is a visual novel about how a transgender woman navigates her childhood best friend’s invitation to a…
(AW) Critical Play: Play Like a Feminist May 31, 2023 Doki Doki Literature Club is a visual novel that tells the story of a male high school student who reluctantly stays in his literature…
Critical Play: Play Like a Feminist – Elyse May 31, 2023 Introduction I played the game Florence by Mountains on iOS. The game was driven by narrative, and consisted of beautiful art, music, and puzzles,…
Critical Play – Play Like a Feminisit: Super Smash Bros May 31, 2023 This week my critical play is on Super Mario Smash Bros, a fighting game developed by HAL Laboratories and beloved by many. The fighting…
Critical Play: Play Like a Feminist – Tomb Raider May 31, 2023 In this critique, I will focus on the older Tomb Raider games (pre-2013) to shed light on the impact of sexual objectification in gaming…
Critical Play: Play Like a Feminist May 31, 2023 I played the game “with those we love alive”. It is a Twine game developed by Porpentine. Twine is an open source tool used…
Critical Play: Playing like a Feminist May 31, 2023 For this critical play, I played one night, hot springs, a short PC game by npckc. one night, hot springs is an interactive fiction game where you…
Critical Play: Play Like a Feminist May 31, 2023 Goldie Princess: Skin Doctor is a web-based “doctor game” on the website girlsgogames.com, and published by SPIL GAMES, a dutch video game developer. It…
Critical Play: Super Smash Bros. Ultimate – Jiwon May 31, 2023 For this week’s critical play, I played Super Smash Bros. Ultimate, a crossover fighting video game on the Nintendo Switch in which characters from…
Critical Play: Broken Age May 31, 2023 I played the game Broken Age, designed by Tim Schaefer and developed by DoubleFine. The game was mentioned in the reading, and the dual…
Critical Play #8: Bayonetta: Flawed or Empowering May 31, 2023 Bayonetta is a game targeted towards those that enjoy action-adventure games, especially that emphasize combat, character-centric narratives, fans of anime and this style of…
Critical Play: Play Like a Feminist May 31, 2023 This week, I had the opportunity to play “with those we love alive,” an interactive text fiction game created by Porpentine. One of the…