Posts Tagged ‘criticism’

Are Games Media or Design Objects?

In Articles on 15 January 2010 tagged criticism, Dave Malouf, design, discussions, Edge, Frank Lantz, games, Matt Jones, meaning, media, play, rules, twitter with 4 comments

In a recent post on the Edge blog – which, if you consider yourself a games designer, you absolutely must read – Matt Jones asks:

“Why should pocket calculators be put on a pedestal, and not Peggle?”

He writes about the need for games to be appreciated and critiqued as design objects. He points out [...]