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A path unwanted: Impossibly realistic games
One of the distinctive criteria of games compared to ‘reality’ is their loose connection to the latter, a worksafe simplification of rules and goals. This doesn’t mean that these games are simple to play, but that rules and metarules are … Continue reading →
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A path less trodden: Realistic impossible games
There’s a category of games which deals with ‘the impossible’ as main theme. This is an approach which takes an entirely different direction than the quest for more realism in gaming. Most mainstream games usually strive for physical, contextual or … Continue reading →