See Games Differently
See Games Differently
Gamer Culture
Phil Owen
Two weeks ago at EVE Fanfest, a convention for players of space MMO EVE Online, I began hearing odd snatches of conversation: “Dude, the pope’s in our hotel.” “Did you kiss the ring?” This is at the same time as the real pope is out in Greece meeting with refugees,…
I played the opening few hours of Batman: Arkham Knight in August. You know what I did after that? I opened up the map, saw that it was forested with icons, and then turned the game off forever.
Games have — to put it mildly — a weird approach to love. But love is weird in real-life too. In time for Valentine’s Day, this is a celebration of video game romance in all its strange, stalkery, even inter-species forms. Enjoy — and maybe don’t try them out in…
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