Posts Tagged 'Journey'

Lost for words: new relationships and Journey

I’m in a bar with the girl I like. I want her to like me back. I’ve decided the best way to do this is by talking about video games. I’m talking about Journey and struggling to find the words:

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Lost for words: new relationships and Journey

I’m in a bar with the girl I like. I want her to like me back. I’ve decided the best way to do this is by talking about video games. I’m talking about Journey and struggling to find the words:

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How You Got Videogames Wrong: It's All Consequential

    I have a friend who failed Journey. …Improbable, right? Thatgamecompany’s 2012 critical darling may be known for a lot of things, but failability ain’t one of ’em. Yet still this friend-o’mine–let’s call him Kevin, cuz that’s his name–did

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How You Got Videogames Wrong: It's All Consequential

    I have a friend who failed Journey. …Improbable, right? Thatgamecompany’s 2012 critical darling may be known for a lot of things, but failability ain’t one of ’em. Yet still this friend-o’mine–let’s call him Kevin, cuz that’s his name–did

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Journey's Parallels to the Mormon Temple Ceremony

You have probably played Journey, or at least read about it. Its atmosphere is hard to pin down, and  a few people have compared running across sand dunes and floating among ruins as a religious experience. I agree with them,

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Journey's Parallels to the Mormon Temple Ceremony

You have probably played Journey, or at least read about it. Its atmosphere is hard to pin down, and  a few people have compared running across sand dunes and floating among ruins as a religious experience. I agree with them,

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Thatgamecompany, "It turns out gamers are not stupid."

“Yeah. Yeah, it turns out gamers are not stupid, and I don’t think we should treat them like they are. ” This is perhaps the best thing I’ve heard from anybody in the games industry recently. A recent interview with

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Thatgamecompany, "It turns out gamers are not stupid."

“Yeah. Yeah, it turns out gamers are not stupid, and I don’t think we should treat them like they are. ” This is perhaps the best thing I’ve heard from anybody in the games industry recently. A recent interview with

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Journey Developers Discuss Game Philosophy and Relationship With Sony

Long in the works, Journey is the ambitious upcoming PS3 title by acclaimed indie studio, thatgamecompany. Set in a vast desert with minimalist principles, producer Robin Hunicke has recently discussed many of the team’s inspirations, design philosophies, and challenges that

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Journey Developers Discuss Game Philosophy and Relationship With Sony

Long in the works, Journey is the ambitious upcoming PS3 title by acclaimed indie studio, thatgamecompany. Set in a vast desert with minimalist principles, producer Robin Hunicke has recently discussed many of the team’s inspirations, design philosophies, and challenges that

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Unspoken Word – Journey and Communication

Journey’s faceless protagonist will be many things—a hero returning home; a queen in exile; a poet passing into death—all inventions of the individual player. And yet, in our endeavors across this alien desert, this mellifluous proof of the violence of

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Unspoken Word – Journey and Communication

Journey’s faceless protagonist will be many things—a hero returning home; a queen in exile; a poet passing into death—all inventions of the individual player. And yet, in our endeavors across this alien desert, this mellifluous proof of the violence of

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Fat Princess Credits & DLC Thoughts

Today, I indulged myself with Fat Princess–courtesy of the PSN ‘summer sale,’ which priced the game at a delectable 7 dollars. Who can pass up a deal like that? Certainly not me. It’s insane to think that right now, I’m

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Fat Princess Credits & DLC Thoughts

Today, I indulged myself with Fat Princess–courtesy of the PSN ‘summer sale,’ which priced the game at a delectable 7 dollars. Who can pass up a deal like that? Certainly not me. It’s insane to think that right now, I’m

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A Journey Through Hell: Travel & Movement In Limbo

“Why is man the most restless, dissatisfied of animals? Why do wandering people conceive the world as perfect whereas sedentary ones always try to change it? Why have the great teachers – Christ or the Buddha – recommended the Road

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A Journey Through Hell: Travel & Movement In Limbo

“Why is man the most restless, dissatisfied of animals? Why do wandering people conceive the world as perfect whereas sedentary ones always try to change it? Why have the great teachers – Christ or the Buddha – recommended the Road

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ThatGameCompany Announce Journey, Holds On to That Feeling

It’s unconfirmed whether there will be streetlights or people, or wailing, but this is what it is. ThatGameCompany, developers of the absolutely incomparable Flower, have announced Journey. This was done, apparently, through a forum post, though it’s also present at

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ThatGameCompany Announce Journey, Holds On to That Feeling

It’s unconfirmed whether there will be streetlights or people, or wailing, but this is what it is. ThatGameCompany, developers of the absolutely incomparable Flower, have announced Journey. This was done, apparently, through a forum post, though it’s also present at

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