Monthly Archives: April 2015
Fail States vs Failure
by Patrick Anderson •
Jesper Juul’s discussion was really interesting, and provided a lot of insight into the background of the philosophical dissection of failure. However, I have one central issue with his arguments and ideas. Basically he never discusses the conflict of seeking a ‘negative’ ending when given the choice between multiple outcomes. In recent years many games…
Better Cooperation
by Oliver •
Over the spring break the Heists expansion for the online component of Grand Theft Auto 5 was released. This added a series of five new extended missions, each one taking around an hour to complete. These missions, while using the same fundamental game play as the base game, differ in how the missions are served…
Failure
by Skye •
I thought the readings this week were rather eye-opening and some what relieving. I love Jesper Juul’s The Art of Failure because of this quote: “Though we may dislike failure as such, failure is an integral element of the overall experience of playing a game, a motivator, something that helps us reconsider our strategies and see the…