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Esoteric Gaming

Extraordinary Feats of Player Practice (in Pursuit of the Perfect Game)

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

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