Category: Challenging Conventions

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Challenging Conventions 10: BioShock 2 does Parenting Better than Heavy Rain

Challenging Conventions is a biweekly column by Jeffrey Matulef that discusses the conventions of games design, whether regards the games that subscribe to these conventions…

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Challenging Conventions 9: Heavy Rain Fails to Understand what Interactive Drama Means

Challenging Conventions is a biweekly column by Jeffrey Matulef that discusses the conventions of games design, whether regards the games that subscribe to these conventions…

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Challenging Conventions 8: The Transparency of Mass Effect 2

Challenging Conventions is a biweekly column by Jeffrey Matulef that discusses the conventions of games design, whether regards the games that subscribe to these conventions…

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Challenging Conventions 7: Taking Stock of Mass Effect 2

Challenging Conventions is a biweekly column by Jeffrey Matulef that discusses the conventions of games design, whether regards the games that subscribe to these conventions…

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Challenging Conventions 6: The Likeable, Mass-Murdering Hero

Challenging Conventions is a biweekly column by Jeffrey Matulef that discusses the conventions of games design, whether regards the games that subscribe to these conventions…

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Challenging Conventions 5: Zelda Steams Along by not Veering off the Tracks

At this column’s moniker would imply, I usually focus on a particular aspect of a game’s design and how it challenges design conventions. Not this…

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