Peter HowellDec 12, 20202 minMulti-platform Pigs and Plenty of PublicationsMy last post was over a year ago having just returned from DiGRA'19 in Kyoto. Covid-19 decided to come along and plonk itself squarely in...
Peter HowellSep 2, 20196 minDiGRA Kyoto 2019In August I attended another engaging DiGRA conference, this year held in the wonderful city of Kyoto. The conference theme was Games, Pl...
Peter HowellApr 23, 201917 minAgency, Intent, and the Psychology of Need Satisfaction in OnRushPlayStation Plus has been serving up a varied assortment of titles over the last few months, many of which I probably wouldn't have playe...
Peter HowellOct 8, 201810 minKnack: An Underappreciated Lesson in Accessibility, Variable Challenge, & Cross-Generational Appeal I have been waiting and waiting but finally, the time has arrived when my first-born is able to play games. Proper games that is, with an...
Peter HowellSep 1, 20176 minIncest, Bestiality & Infanticide: Why is Game Horror Often Afraid of Taboos?The purpose of horror is to unsettle people, to make them feel afraid, disgusted or dirty, to make them stare in the face of the very wor...
Peter HowellNov 4, 20161 minPhilosophy of Computer Games (POCG2016) Conference Paper & TalkThe first post-doc publication following on from the work completed during my PhD was presented today at the Philosophy of Computer Games...
Peter HowellJun 23, 201611 minMechanical Criticism: Transistor and Ether OneTwo games in particular have surprised me recently because I loved the one that I expected to hate (Transistor) and have decidedly mixed ...
Peter HowellJan 18, 20161 min'The Doctor Will See You Now', or, 'Bugger Me, I Finished!'So, the primary reason why this blog has been a little 'tumble-weedy' for the last year or so has finally been finished. I submitted my P...
Peter HowellAug 29, 20141 minDiGRA 2014 Paper: Disrupting the Player's Schematised Knowledge of Game ComponentsMy DiGRA 2014 Paper, Disrupting the Player's Schematised Knowledge of Game Components, is now available via the DiGRA Digital Library dat...
Peter HowellMay 23, 20141 minAmnesia: A Machine for Pigs Postmortem Report Now Available on GamasutraYou can head on over to Gamasutra now to have a read of what is hopefully an interesting and honest postmortem report following the devel...