Monday, November 24, 2014

Gaming Round-Up: November 26, 2014

E-sports crowds.

Photographs of E-Sports Crowds
Photographed by Riot Esports

In a week of counting blessing, the rise of e-sports definitely makes my list.

News: Assassin’s Creed Unity will soon receive its second significant patch to fix issues that probably should have been ironed out before the game launched.

News: The beautiful, mindbending mobile smash hit Monument Valley received a significant expansion last week. If you’re on the lookout for mobile games, this game should be right at the top of your list. Every level is a work of art, and the subtle, ambiguous story echoes that of Shadow of the Colossus.

News: Lara Croft and the Temple of Osiris, a top-down dungeon-crawling take on the Tomb Raider universe, has officially gone gold and will launch across most digital platforms on December 9.

Damien Schubert satirizes the frustrations experienced by gamers seeking to address social issues in this pie chart of the true influence of “social justice warriors.”

Goodbye Disney: How Video Games Are Transforming Theme Parks Forever

Half-Life 2  turns 10 years-old this past week, triggering a flood of nostalgia.  Eurogamer is running articles, the best of which is this one from Rich Stanton.

Hyperallergic examines the The Economic Divide in Video Games as portrayed by Doctorow's In Real Life.

Kill Screen, Shonte Daniels compares the rise of ‘auteur’ games with a similar 20th century movement in the world of poetry.

Never Alone: Could a Video Game Help to Preserve Inuit Culture?

PopMatters regular columnist takes aim at the recently released Bayonetta 2 and how it is like attending a Beyonce concert in both form and function.

Richard Cobbett continued his new Critical Paths column at PC Gamer with a look at the treatment of sex in BioWare games – when they’ve got it right, wrong, and how they’ve progressed. "With each game though, Bioware has gone out of its way to Do Better, and not always by heading down the obvious path."

Video games aren't all guns and gore; artistic titles are on the rise.


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