|DEAR PLAYER|
The Art and research of Dr. Merlyn Seller, Lecturer In Design and Screen Cultures, University of Edinburgh
0

|Game Studies Blog|

Applying theory to play - The Game Studies Musings of Merlin Seller MA Mst (PhD) Lecturer University of Edinburgh

Posts tagged Mad Max
Dear Player: Mad Max and Theseus' Ship
Dear Player: Mad Max and Theseus' Ship

This is the Dead Barrens of Mad Max – a world recycled, perturbed, lost and found. The player stands at the edge of a game world well aware of its limits. I turn and I jump back into the centrepiece of the game, a bricolage of scrap, pistons and oil all grinding against each other in an effort to become a car called the Magnum Opus.

Read More
FlowMerlin Sellercritical play, critical theory, digital landscape, game art, games are art, Mad Max, mad max game, movie games, play, procedural rhetoric, ps4, ship of theseus, video game studies
Dear Player: Death Driving Games
Dear Player: Death Driving Games

Heard of the ‘death drive’? Well this time it’s literal. Nought to self-destruction in 60 seconds.  A recent sub-genre has caught my eye – a species of racing/runner which blends an ironic horror with a species of racing. What do I mean by that? Racing towards the player’s own doom, this is a kind of game where victory is defeat, self-destruction is progress.

Read More
Flow, MaterialityMerlin Sellerart games, critical play, death drive, Distance, Mad Max, merlin seller, Race the Sun, self-destruction, video game studies