What’s so magical about parkour in videogames? It’s the fantasy of finally conquering the late capitalist city.
All tagged Critical Theory
History and Conspiracy in the Assassin's Creed Series
What do the Assassin’s Creed series and the History Channel have in common? Conspiracies!
Haunting, History, The Medium
How does Bloober Team’s horror game The Medium both succeed and fail in representing history?
History’s Arcades
What kinds of histories do games tell? And why does it matter?
The Consummate Professional, or Hitman as Capitalist Fantasy
Christian Haines argues that the Hitman series is a capitalist fantasy about the art of killing.
Dead Space 2, Survival Horror, and the Fantasy of Mastery
Survival Horror: Is freedom just another name for getting out alive?