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The Guilt of Cheating

December 18, 2017December 18, 2017 bowmanspartan 0 Comments cheating, mangosteen, mlb: the show, nick bowman

It’s 0200 and I’m tossing in my sleep. My PS Vita is sitting on the night stand next to me,

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Co-Playing with My Mom: Mega Man 2

December 18, 2017December 18, 2017 Kevin Miklasz 1 Comment cooperative play, kevin miklasz, mega man 2

“I’m going to play Mega Man now.” “Ok, I’ll be free in 15 min.” I distinctly remember this conversation from

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Celebrating a Portal to The Nether with Cake! Emergent Play in Minecraft

December 18, 2017December 18, 2017 Kelly M Tran 0 Comments emergent play, kelly m tran, minecraft

With all of the proper ingredients gathered, I baked a cake. I baked this virtual cake as my two companions

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Death of a Guild, Birth of a Child: Multi-Boxing and Self-Imposed Exile to the Prison Server in EQ2

December 18, 2017December 18, 2017 natpoor 0 Comments everquest 2, exile, multi-boxing, nathaniel poor

I used to play Everquest 2 (EQ2), but like many MMOs it can be intense and tiring. People burn out.

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“I Happily Pronounce You Bonded for All Eternity”: Marriage in the MMORPG Final Fantasy XIV

August 23, 2016December 18, 2017 Dr. Shannon Mortimore-Smith 0 Comments Final Fantasy XIV, marriage, MMORPG, relationships, shannon mortimore-smith

It wasn’t long after I joined Raven’s Crown, my current guild, that I received a wedding invitation in my moogle

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The Esoteric Practices of Destiny’s Dads

August 23, 2016December 18, 2017 Osvaldo 0 Comments Destiny, osvaldo jiminez, relationships, responsibilities

When I first started playing Destiny (a first person console shooter with MMO elements made by Bungie) on September 29 of

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A True Tomb Raider: Playing the Classic Tomb Raider Games without Saving

August 23, 2016December 18, 2017 Bjorn Schrijen 0 Comments bjorn schrijen, constraints, Tomb Raider

On the first personal computer we owned at the house in which I grew up, my father played the first

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Rom Nation – An Interview with Famed ROM Hacker and Translator Lina`Chan

August 23, 2016December 18, 2017 Johansen Quijano 7 Comments hacking, johansen quijano, Lina`Chan, ROM

How far will gamers go to play a game? In the late 1990s and early 2000s, the spread of the

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IDDQD, or How I Learned to Love Video Games

August 22, 2016December 18, 2017 Andy Keenan 0 Comments andy keenan, cheats, Doom

My parents never saw the value of video games. They were expensive, violent, and disruptive. “You already watch too much

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Madden NFL 17, Connected Franchise mode screenshot showing a free agent selection/negotiation screen. While the developers have tried to jazz it up, the numbers are what the player is focussed on. This is a really snazzy spreadsheet
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Is a Game Esoteric in a Vacuum?

August 22, 2016December 18, 2017 mattbouchard 0 Comments assemblage, definitions, matt bouchard, narrowing

This writing begins the conversation of individual player movement toward connoisseurship, the personal meaning-making that leads to some very esoteric

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  • The Guilt of Cheating
  • Co-Playing with My Mom: Mega Man 2
  • Celebrating a Portal to The Nether with Cake! Emergent Play in Minecraft
  • Death of a Guild, Birth of a Child: Multi-Boxing and Self-Imposed Exile to the Prison Server in EQ2
  • “I Happily Pronounce You Bonded for All Eternity”: Marriage in the MMORPG Final Fantasy XIV

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