Recent content by wiper

I didn't intend to imply that it should be: however, as the 'lies' demonstrated in the article were all those intended to immerse the player, and indeed those are the only occasions I can think of (off the top of my head) where 'lying' in computer games happens - the mechanics in more abstracted...

I actually found this article really interesting, but not for what it said, so much. Rather, it was interesting to compare to ancient literary criticism (bear with me here). The talk of games ?lying? to us by trying to convince us that there is more freedom on offer than they actually...

As has already been noted, most of the 'dirty little secret's listed so far are pretty... well, non-dirty. If I was ashamed of enjoying games like Viva Pinata or The Longest Journey I would presumably be filled with self-loathing, as they're great games. Hell, me and two flatmates all had our...

Good to see you're still doing the rounds there matey, and a great video (I also note your artistic ability hasn't failed you since the days of Rob Blanc!). Nice to see Australia hasn't taken your accent just yet. Of course, the really important question is: have you actually played a game of...

The dark blue on grey and black hurts my eyes. And change of any kind upsets me - I particularly missed the old 'blog' button under articles. Otherwise though, nowt really wrong with it. The 'zines still essentially the same, and that's what really matters. And forums just give me another...

Lots of possibilities, depending on a whole series of fun variables, but here're some of the potentials as I see them: Nuclear War, in which case we'll all be dead and not playing games. Fuel Crisis, in which case we'll be thankful for the internet in enabling us to play import games and -...