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Bioshock Infinite Privilege

Usually when I criticise games over social issues, it’s more that I think whoever was responsible kinda lacked a certain perspective or self-reflection to understand what their messages are implying. You know, I don’t need to call someone a sexist for example to point to sexism in what he does....

From Rapture to Dubai

I will make comparison of two on the surface very similar player journeys, with one key distinction at the core. Bioshock asks and answers all existential questions within its gameplay mechanics for you. While Spec Ops: The Line pushes you – the player in front of the screen – to...

Bioshock & Tamara De Lempicka

Burial At Sea Announcements for the sequel to the popular Rapture-centric DLC to Bioshock Infinite are making the rounds again, including the key visual painting from the first instalment. I felt this is a good occasion to talk to you about Tamara de Lempicka and her influence on the Bioshock...

Friedrich Romanticism and Games

Let's get introduced to one of the most video-game-defining artist out there... ...born in 1774. The german painter, Caspar David Friedrich is one of many iconic artists of the romanticism movement and responsible for defining many fundamental tropes in early and modern games. His paintings not only gave fodder for...

Stylized Realism

Stylized realism at first sounds like an oxymoron. Aren't realism and stylization at odds with each other? Yes. And that is why it's time that we talk about this hybrid art form, which got its big break through thanks to computer generated images. While we can find examples of art...

Surrealism and Games

Surrealism is a genre in which the psyche, the subconscious and the fears and desires of a person or character are translated into images, spaces, objects and characters. Whenever game designers let you explore the mind or dreams of a character as a virtual space or come up with characters...

Orwellian Images

First, let's start with a handy explanation of "orwellian" from wikipedia: "Orwellian" is an adjective describing a situation, idea, or societal condition that George Orwell identified as being destructive to the welfare of a free and open society. It denotes an attitude and a brutal policy of draconian control by...