The degree of interactivity and agency of the player-character in videogames is often a moot question in Games Studies discourses (Atkins 2002 , Juul 2004, Salen and Zimmerman 2001). The assumption is that whether illusory or real, agency is an important element that drives the plot of digital games. To assume this, however, is toContinue reading “Speaking to the ‘Missing’ Player: Subaltern Poetics in Indian Videogames”
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Talk by Poonam Chowdhury: ‘Journey and the Art of Aesthetic Storytelling’
Thatgamecompany’s ‘Journey’ (2012) is a videogame like no other. This serene atmospheric game came out at a time when fast-paced, aggressive, AAA games were (and still are) the norm. Soon after the game’s release in 2012, thatgamecompany’s courage and hard work started getting the appreciation it deserved. ‘Journey’ has won several ‘Game of the Year’Continue reading “Talk by Poonam Chowdhury: ‘Journey and the Art of Aesthetic Storytelling’”
Digital Games Research Association, India 