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

Posts tagged Proteus
Dear Player: The Wind in The Witcher
Dear Player: The Wind in The Witcher

Get your anoraks on (and alter their connotations) as I tell you a story about weather in games. From the earliest skybox to the first particle effects and on into the VR future, game design has increasingly recognised the importance of atmosphere. One of the key illusions of the Game is the filling of negative space with the appearance of air.

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SpaceMerlin Sellerdraw distance, fog of war, Proteus, rain, Silent Hill, skyrim snow, Spate, The Witcher, The Witcher III, video game meteorology, video game studies, weather in games
Dear Player – Games as Landscape: Learning to Live in Virtual Worlds
Dear Player – Games as Landscape: Learning to Live in Virtual Worlds

From side-scrolling levels to open-world fields of play, games generate space. From their inception, games have had to deal with the problems and possibilities of virtual spaces. In both making and playing we create spaces which are seen, heard and felt -  psychological, philosophical and creative. Many games provide beautiful backdrops, but how do they allow us to interact with them as landscapes, to discover, break and reshape worlds?

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SpaceMerlin Sellercritical play, digital landscape, history of computer games, indie games, Proteus, video game studies, video game theory, virtual worlds