Addressing One of EU4’s Most Problematic Mechanics Over COVID, I used to play a game called Europa Universalis 4 a LOT. Like, when I say a lot, I mean hundreds of brain-frying hours. I haven’t played it in a while due to the fact that I don’t have my PC at college and my laptop…
As you know, we have been playing Assassin’s Creed: Freedom Cry in class, and I wanted to take this opportunity to reflect upon our discussion on Thursday, where we discussed realism and immersion. However, for this blog’s purpose, I’ll just discuss realism and how it applies to this particular Assassin’s Creed. The game’s plot centers…
Assassin’s Creed Liberation introduces us to a unique mechanic: the ability to change outfits. This mechanic brings a whole new layer to the stealth mechanics of the previous games. I always found it unrealistic how in Assassins’ creed games you can be dressed fully like an assassin holding many weapons without guards noticing (unless you…
Growing up as a black gamer, there weren’t many times when I saw myself in the character I was playing. The default would often be a white cisgender man, as that is the dominant main character archetype. A survey of 100 games from 2017 to 2021 concluded that almost 80% of the main characters were…
The future is coming. Or perhaps already here. AI technology may soon be able to completely build video games from scratch even when used by somebody with no experience in game development or programming. In today’s digital landscape, there are many different AI technologies available for public use (many with a paid subscription to be…
My playtime with Assassin’s Creed Freedom Cry was filled both with enjoyment and inquisitiveness as I attempted to personally balance symbolic rebellion and gamified “winning”. First, I’ll say that I appreciated the artistic risks the game developers took to not only tell a story about rebellion and liberation, but to also give players the active…
I have never played an Assassin’s Creed game before this but have always wanted to because of the main character being an assassin. (I just thought that was so cool.) I did not know that a majority of these games were based on the player going back in time to a historical event and trying…
Chances are if you have played any video game for long enough, you have likely encountered a video game bug at some point. For the sake of clarification, a bug in this article is referring specifically to software errors rather than hardware errors or otherwise literal bugs like spiders. Sometimes, the bugs are insignificant or…
I’ve been a fan of video game music for a while. In fact, a good chunk of the music I listen to is from video games, and admitting that seems to get a little less embarrassing every year. The music in games has come a long way over the years. From the crude sound effects…
During class, we discussed how different games use capital/resource gathering to its advantage. Many games are centered around “grinding” resources, trying to gather as many as you can in order to upgrade your weapons and armor. By the end of these games, the goal is to make your character as powerful as possible. This is…
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