January 2011
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Immersive game play on two long screens - facing each other and switching between platform and zoom views; a Red Army soldier chasing 2bit ghosts, skeletons, etc. At PS1 Moma by Feng Mengbo.
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Entering the Magic Circle; what happens when the...
One of my favorite things about playing games is the idea of the magic circle; the invisible yet unbreakable boundaries that are established by the very act of play. The ‘lusory’ attitude that players take upon within this new space of meaning provided by the rules and space of the game. It entails a certain level of commitment to play a game. It means that you are going to invest your...