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November 16, 2012

Play in Process: Why ‘Curiosity’ is the iPhone’s New False Religion

"It's not merely a cruel and mocking simulacra of videogames themselves, but a kind of...

November 02, 2012

Play in Process: Tokyo Jungle is the Ultimate Game About the Rapture

Each week in Play in Process, Richard Clark shares what he’s been playing and why it...

September 2012

September 20, 2012

Play in Process: If Games Can Kill

"It seems increasingly clear: for the most part, videogames aren't a way to relax. They...

May 2012

May 22, 2012

Play in Process: A Facebook Game about Jesus Made Me Look Like a Silly Christian

"This Christian Facebook game has become a kind of series of bumper stickers, automatically slapped...

July 2011

July 14, 2011

Play in Process: Is Ms. Splosion Man Sexist?

"No one leaves Ms. Splosion Man assuming that women must really like shoes - they...

June 2011

June 30, 2011

Play in Process: This Tiny Tower of Mine

"It really is just a constant grind. But what a delightful grind it is!"

June 23, 2011

Play in Process: Kinect and Self Image

"Most Kinect games force you to play in a vacuum, with only yourself on the...

June 16, 2011

Play in Process: 1000 Heroz

"The game has the potential to be truly interesting going forward."

June 09, 2011

Play in Process: The Art of Betrayal in Shadows Over Camelot

"I have to make the following case: I'm not a traitor, I'm just stupid."

June 02, 2011

Play in Process: Frozen Synapse

"I was naive, blind, thoughtless."

May 2011

May 26, 2011

Play in Process: Is It Time? – Empathy With the Elderly

"The game is about an old woman, but also it's about what it's like to...

May 19, 2011

Play in Process: LA Noire – You Will Feel Guilty

"And here's the kicker: whenever mistakes are made, it will seem like a pretty big...

May 12, 2011

Play in Process: This Rat On A Skateboard Doesn't Represent Anything Deep

"Okay, so there's this rat. And he's on a skateboard."

May 05, 2011

Play in Process: Outland and Faith-Inspired Game Development

"In Outland, we have an example of both how and how not to apply one's...

April 2011

April 28, 2011

Play in Process: Hot Pursuit's Moral Whiplash

"In Hot Pursuit, you take practical measures against chaos, or you enact chaos yourself –...

April 21, 2011

Play in Process: Coming to Terms With Violence

"Does the very act of making the violence explicit also make it unredeemable?"

April 14, 2011

Play in Process: A Place Called Home

"I found myself growing increasingly fond of my Minecraft home and all the feelings I...

April 07, 2011

Play in Process: Bang!, The Ultimate Wild West Narrative

"these guys took it in stride, and infused their own personalities into a Wild West...

March 2011

March 31, 2011

Play in Process: What is Wrong With Me?

"If you're the type of person who wishes that games were more meaningful and resonant...

March 24, 2011

Play in Process: The Virtual Battlefield

"No, we can't feel the same sense of danger as a soldier on the field,...

March 17, 2011

Play in Process: The Patient Assassins

"If you're the kind of person who finds the standard fast-paced, shooter-based multiplayer games overwhelming...

March 10, 2011

Play in Process: Saving Dots from Dots

"All of this is viewed from a top-down view. Everyone is a dot."

March 03, 2011

Play in Process: Tiny Wings is Nothing Like Angry Birds

"The whole thing reads like a metaphor for old-school "try, try again" hopefulness."

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