Game criticism refers to the evaluation and analysis of video games, focusing on their strengths, weaknesses, and overall quality. It involves discussing different aspects, such as gameplay, graphics, storyline, and mechanics, and interpreting their impact on the overall gaming experience.
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Probably not, but on this week's show we talk about that and the world of
video game criticism, in general.
I've given a lot
of games criticism for terrible tutorials in the past, but generally they've been in established genres.
Within games criticism exists a niche subset of «challenge - run» criticism where a player will attempt to beat a game while adhering to a set of self - imposed rules.
Game criticism doesn't flow as naturally from film criticism as film criticism did from literary criticism.
I took that title to everyone I interviewed after her and they cautiously accepted it, though they weren't sure what exactly
constituted games criticism.
There are so many
forms game criticism has yet to explore, or invent, far beyond the consumer review.
In my opinion, there are three main reasons the industry needs to develop and nurture a stronger community
around game criticism and analysis.
Roughly speaking, we could
say game criticism is for game developers and professionals who want to think about the nature of games and what they mean.
It's been a year since I started
writing games criticism and a lot about the way I play games has changed in that time.
Successful video game reviews will be experimental or demonstrate performances of the art of
video games criticism.
Without my intervention, I felt there was a large oversight on the environment needed
for game criticism to exist and flourish.
[This week, our partnership with
game criticism site Critical Distance brings us picks from Ben Abraham on topics including the shameful joys of Deus Ex: HR, the power of a silent start screen, and more.]
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Jose Mourinho says Paul Pogba put in «top performance» at Bournemouth despite Paul Scholes criticism of the French international before the game
In Phelan's anecdote I see a way of articulating something I've said before in various places, that
games criticism needs to be at least partly a theory of performance.
The New Board Game Journalism: Essays
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For me, there's enough new in The Force Awakens that it can stand up to the usual
Lego game criticism.
I wrote it because I
believe games criticism is valuable in sparking the kind of discourse that leads to a more interesting and socially responsible medium.
Self - styled as a «virtual monster hunter», the author behind the site Van Hemlock offers up a regular dose of simple,
honest game criticism.
Today I spoke with Carolyn Petit, the managing editor of Feminist Frequency, which you've probably heard about, since they're easily the most successful and influential feminist / socially
progressive games criticism outlet out there.
Unless its critics start becoming more familiar with the study of its scholars, it will be a while before video
game criticism gets a footing in punditry.
[This week, our partnership with
game criticism site Critical Distance brings us picks from Ben Abraham, as he's assailed by Skyrim's dragons, on topics including the meaning and import of virtual death in Demon's and Dark Souls.]
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[This week, our partnership
with game criticism site Critical Distance brings us picks from Kris Ligman on topics including Kotaku's recent defense of its content, content degradation in Modern Warfare 3, and more.]
The solution - well, we need
more game criticism to counterbalance the overabundance of game reviews.
Within games criticism, it's considered taboo to call a game «lazy» since even significantly poor games still take a considerable amount of time and effort.
Welcome to another installment of This Week In
Video Game Criticism with me, your host, and and all your favorite pieces of video game blogging and criticism from around the web.
Now, I'm far from being the first to lament the sorry state
of game criticism, but this pretty much nails it on the head.
Video
game criticism, as a form, just doesn't exist.
If I had to give
the game any criticism it would have to be the map and direction system.
Game criticism is being crushed between a community that will downcall anything that doesn't agree with it, and publishers that can keep journalists in their back pocket.
Brian Taylor's «Save Aeris,» which is one of the best pieces of video
game criticism of all time, documents some of the reaction to Aeris's death.
Level design seems to take a low priority in general for
games criticism, especially for RPGs; it isn't the only thing to talk about, obviously, and the script often rightly takes priority in many writers» minds.
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