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TUTORED TOGETHER AROUND MORE THAN DIALOGUE: A REVIEW OF EVAN SKOLNICK’S VIDEO GAME STORYTELLING: WHAT EVERY DEVELOPER NEEDS TO KNOW ABOUT NARRATIVE TECHNIQUES
by Jennifer F. Wood First published January 2016. Download full review PDF here. Evan Skolnick. Video Game Storytelling: What Every Developer Needs to Know About Narrative Techniques. New York: Watson-Guptill Publications, 2014, 202 pp., ISBN NO. 9780385345828. Evan Skolnick is a well-established game writer and narrative designer. With a background in games, comics, and books, he places… Continue reading
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BETWEEN A ROCK AND A HARD PLACE: GAMES COVERAGE AND ITS NETWORK OF AMBIVALENCES
by Maxwell Foxman & David B. Nieborg First published January 2016. Download full article PDF here. Abstract It’s as tough a time as ever for game critics, who seem to be stuck between a rock and a hard place—an industry that acts as gatekeepers to most of the information they cover and an increasingly combative readership. Because of… Continue reading
The Journal of Games Criticism is a non-profit, peer-reviewed game studies journal that strives to connect the conversations between traditional academics and popular game critics. The journal strives to be a producer of feed-forward approaches to video games criticism with a focus on influencing gamer culture, the design and writing of video games, and the social understanding video games and video game criticism.
ISSN: 2374-202X
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