Category Archives: Symposium

What is surrealism in video games? Is it the subversion of expository traditions through ludic conventions? Is it the perversion of ludic conventions for expository effect? Is it a five-act dog opera? We’ll discuss the meaning of Oikospiel, the means … Continue reading →

This month, we’re talking about Return of the Obra Dinn (2018). Discussion on Discord, 8:30pm EDT / 7:30pm CDT / 5:30pm PDT.

This month, we’re talking about Hollow Knight. The two main questions that I’d like to talk about (including how these questions relate to each other): How we feel about the range and rhythm of uncertainty in the game. Where Hollow … Continue reading →

This month’s Symposium, led by Pat, will be on Invisible, Inc.  Quoting Pat: This week we will be looking at Invisible Inc., from the creators of Mark of the Ninja.  It makes for an interesting comparison to Into the Breach.  … Continue reading →

It was nearly half a decade ago when we played Subset Games’ first release, FTL, and discussed its capacity for player-created narrative. The intervening years have seen a great deal of change, especially with regards to the prevalence of procedural … Continue reading →

This month’s Symposium will be on Yakuza 0.  It’s a game with an unusually detailed setting (and, even more unusually, a series with a persistently detailed setting!); I’d like to talk about how that setting drags the game’s center of … Continue reading →