stratechery.com > Ben Thompson
The Apple v. Epic Decision
13 sep. 2021 - Understanding Apple’s victory in Apple v. Epic, and the limitations of the injunction on anti-steering provisions.
 · antitrust · apple · epic · gaming · intellectual-property

medium.com > Reed Berkowitz
A Game Designer’s Analysis Of QAnon
30 sep. 2020 - QAnon has much in common with alternate reality games (ARG), LARPs, and interactive theater, but these gaming mechanisms are used in a slightly different manner to create something very different from an actual game.
 · alternate-reality-games · apophenia · conspiracy-thinking · gaming · groupthink · moral-panic · play · propaganda · qanon · serious-games · whistleblowing

www.vice.com > Sean Sands
'Among Us' Is Not Just the Game of 2020, It's '2020: The Game'
You're trapped with each other in a crumbling environment, trying to save yourselves despite bad faith actors. And in the game.
 · among-us · gaming · lying

www.eff.org > Kurt Opsahl
What the *, Nintendo? This in-game censorship is * terrible.
16 sep. 2020 - While many are staying at home and escaping into virtual worlds, it's natural to discuss what's going on in the physical world. But Nintendo is shutting down those conversations with its latest Switch system update (Sep. 14, 2020) by adding new terms like COVID, coronavirus and ACAB to its censorship list for usernames, in-game messages, and search terms for in-game custom designs (but not the designs themselves).
 · censorship · covid-19 · freedom-of-speech · gaming · nintendo

www.theguardian.com > Alex Hern
Sid Meier's Memoir review – Civilization creator is all about fun
11 sep. 2020 - This enjoyable, if light, autobiography by one of the first auteurs of video games focuses on the games over the man behind them.
 · gaming

www.theguardian.com > Oliver Holmes
Take it from me, Microsoft Flight Simulator captures the joy of real flying
21 aug. 2020 - For four decades the game has tried to recreate how it feels to fly. Now, writes qualified pilot Oliver Holmes, it has succeeded.
 · gaming · microsoft-flight-simulator